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
peanut (plural peanuts)
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
(US) A very small clam.
• earthnut, groundnut
• goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK)
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.
• 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
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; âtheir business venture was doomed from the startâ; âan ill-fated business ventureâ; âan ill-starred romanceâ; âthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsâ- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
