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Peanut

Pea′nut

(pē′nŭt)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (
Arachis hypogæa
); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
☞ 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
.

Definition 2024


peanut

peanut

See also: pea-nut

English

Noun

peanuts

peanut (plural peanuts)

  1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.

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peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

  1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

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Danish

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

  1. peanut

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