Peanut

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A prostrate southern Brazilian plant (Arachis hypogaea) widely cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions, having yellow flowers on stalks that bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground.
  • n. The edible, nutlike, oily seed of this plant, used for food and as a source of oil. Also called regionally goober, goober pea.
  • n. A peanut-shaped piece of polystyrene, used in cushioning items during shipment.
  • n. Slang A person small in stature.
  • n. Slang A person who is regarded as being insignificant.
  • n. Informal A very small amount of money; a trifling sum.
  • adj. Slang Having little or no importance; insignificant: peanut politicians.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
  • v. To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogæa); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the edible fruits of Arachis hypogæn.
  • n. The plant that bears these fruits, better known in England as groundnut. See Arachis. Also called ground-pea, earthnut, Manila nut, jur-nut, goober, and pindar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
  • n. 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
  • n. a young child who is small for his age
  • n. underground pod of the peanut vine
  • adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
  • Equivalent
    minor   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    edible nut    leguminous plant    legume    youngster    minor    nestling    shaver    kid    tiddler    tyke   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    goober    goober pea    groundnut   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    soybean    coconut    almond    oatmeal    butter    banana    barley    popcorn    cottonseed    cocoa