different between nutlike vs groundnut

English

nut +? -like

nutlike (comparative more nutlike, superlative most nutlike)

From ground +? nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss and Hungarian földimogyoró.

groundnut (plural groundnuts)

A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
Any similar plant having underground tubers.
The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut or Bambara groundnut.

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