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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peanut  \Pea"nut\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  The  fruit  of  a  trailing  leguminous  plant  ({Arachis 
  hypog[ae]a});  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peanut 
  adj  :  of  little  importance  or  influence  or  power;  of  minor  status; 
  "a  minor,  insignificant  bureaucrat";  "the  little  man"; 
  "peanut  politicians";  "a  crowd  of  small  writers  had 
  vainly  attempted  to  rival  Addison"-  Macaulay  [syn:  {insignificant}, 
  {little},  {small}] 
  n  1:  underground  pod  of  of  the  peanut  vine 
  2:  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  [syn: 
  {peanut  vine},  {Arachis  hypogaea}] 
  3:  pod  of  the  peanut  vine  containing  usually  2  nuts  or  seeds; 
  `groundnut'  and  `monkey  nut'  are  British  terms  [syn:  {earthnut}, 
  {goober},  {goober  pea},  {groundnut},  {monkey  nut}] 




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