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PEANUT
insignificant, peanut
(adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; âa minor, insignificant bureaucratâ; âpeanut politiciansâ
peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
(noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; âgroundnutâ and âmonkey nutâ are British terms
peanut
(noun) a young child who is small for his age
peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea
(noun) widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
peanut
(noun) underground pod of the peanut vine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peanut (plural peanuts)
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
(US) A very small clam.
Hypernyms
• earthnut, groundnut
Synonyms
• goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK)
Verb
peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)
(transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Anagrams
• ante up, ante-up
Source: Wiktionary
Pea"nut, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogĂŠa); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil. Called also earthnut, groundnut, and goober.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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