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vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts

: a plant of the genus Amphicarpa that is usually considered to constitute a single variable species (A. bracteata), is widely distributed in eastern and central No. America, and produces abundant subterranean fruits, each containing a single edible seed which resembles a peanut, is much relished by hogs, and was formerly important in Amerindian dietary — called also wild peanut

a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.

[1855-60, Amer.]

hog peanut,

an American vine of the pea family, whose pear-shaped pods ripen in or on the ground like peanuts; earthpea.