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ground-pea
[ground n. 18 c.]
= ground-nut 1 and 2.
1769[see ground-nut 2]. 1796B. Hawkins Let. 2 Dec. in Georgia Hist. Soc. Coll. (1916) IX. 21 They made beans, ground peas, cymblins. 1823E. James Long's Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 200 The squaws..are often necessitated to dig the pomme de terre..and to scratch the groundpea. 1854Florida Plant. Rec. 115, I have picked 80 bushels of ground peas. 1893Jrnl. Amer. Folklore V. 95 Arachis hypogæa, ground-peas. Ibid. VI. 140 Apios tuberosa, ground-pea. 1946Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. v. 24 Ground peas, peanuts. |