Any of several plants that bear edible fruit or other nutlike parts.
Three are Arachis hypogaea , the peanut , the fruit of which is a legume or pod rather than a true nut ; Apois americana , also called wild bean and potato bean, the tubers of which are edible; and Lathyrus tuberosa , also called earth-nut pea. Cyperus esculentus , nut sedge or yellow nut grass, is a {{link=papyrus">papyrus relative ( sedge family ) that also bears edible tubers, especially in the variety called chufa or earth almond.