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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun 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.

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

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