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(noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms |
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Synonyms: earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut |
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Related Words: edible nut |
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(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 |
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Synonyms: Arachis hypogaea, peanut vine |
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Related Words: legume, leguminous plant |
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(noun) underground pod of of the peanut vine |
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Related Words: pod, seedpod |
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(satellite adjective) 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 |
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Synonyms: insignificant, little, small |
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