kipper-nut
[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. = earth-nut 1.
| 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. ccccxv. 905 Earth Nut, Earth Chestnut, or Kipper Nut. 1611 Cotgr., Noix chastaigne, the earth nut, Kipper nut, earth Chestnut. 1722 Quincy Lex. Phys. Med. (ed. 2) 348 The Earth-nut, Kipper-nut or Pig-nut. 1846 Sowerby Brit. Bot. (ed. 3). |
2. The tuber of the Heath-pea: = earth-nut 2.
| 1863 Prior Pop. Names Brit. Plants. 1879 Britten & Holland Plant-n. |