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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peanut \Pea"nut\, noun (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) 2.0 [wn]:
peanut
adjective: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians" [syn: {insignificant}]
noun
1: underground pod 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: a young child who is small for his age
4: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "peanut": Brazil nut, Mickey Mouse, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes mondees, bitter almond, blanched almonds, burnt almond, goober, goober pea, ground-pea, groundnut, inconsequential, kernel, measly, meat, nigger toe, noisette, noix, nut, paltry, peanut butter, picayune, piddling, puny, salted peanuts, small, sweet almond
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