different between truffle vs earthnut
truffle
English
Etymology
The word in the Germanic languages (except Icelandic) is a loanword from French truffe (previously trufle) (whence Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), which originates from Old Occitan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??f.l?/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
Noun
truffle (plural truffles)
- Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
- Synonym: earthnut
- (by analogy) Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”)
Derived terms
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References
Further reading
- truffle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fretful
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earthnut
English
Etymology
From Middle English erthenote, from Old English eorþhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *erþ?hnuts; compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???(?)?.n?t/
- (US)
Noun
earthnut (plural earthnuts)
- Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground.
- A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa)
- Synonyms: earth chestnut, hawknut, pignut
- The dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius
- Synonym of peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
- The underground tuber belonging to the genus Tuber; the truffle.
- Synonym: truffle
- A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa)
Related terms
- groundnut
Translations
See also
- tree nut
Anagrams
- heartnut
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