1. (

• groundnut ,
• groundnut_vine ,
• Indian_potato ,
• potato_bean ,
• wild_bean ,
• Apios_americana ,
• Apios_tuberosa

) a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans ;

2. (

• groundnut ,
• potato_bean ,
• wild_bean

) nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans ;

3. (

• peanut ,
• earthnut ,
• goober ,
• goober_pea ,
• groundnut ,
• monkey_nut

) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms ;