hog peanut

hog peanut

n. A twining North American vine (Amphicarpaea bracteata) in the pea family, having clusters of pinkish or white flowers and bearing three-seeded pods as well as basal or underground fleshy one-seeded pods.

hog peanut

n (Plants) a North American leguminous climbing plant, Amphicarpa bracteata, having fleshy curved one-seeded pods, which ripen in or on the ground

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hog peanut - vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanutsAmphicarpa bracteata, Amphicarpaea bracteata, wild peanutAmphicarpa, Amphicarpaea, genus Amphicarpa, genus Amphicarpaea - very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanutvine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface