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单词 kipper-nut
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kipper-nutn.

Brit. /ˈkɪpənʌt/, U.S. /ˈkɪpərˌnət/
Etymology: Origin unknown. The conjecture of Hempl ( Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. America XIV. 455) that kipper is here a variant of pepper, pickle, in sense ‘pungent’, does not seem justified.
1. = earthnut n. 1.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 905 Earth Nut, Earth Chestnut, or Kipper Nut.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Noix chastaigne, the earth nut, Kipper nut, earth Chestnut.
1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 348 The Earth-nut, Kipper-nut or Pig-nut.
1846 C. Johnson Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 2)
2. The tuber of the Heath-pea: = earthnut n. 2.
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1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants
1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names
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