Word Study
peanut
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peanut has 4 senses
- peanut(n = noun.plant) Array - underground pod of the peanut vine; Array is a part of arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine
- peanut(n = noun.plant) arachis hypogaea, peanut vine - 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; Array has parts: earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut, peanut
- peanut(n = noun.person) Array - a young child who is small for his age; Array is a kind of child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
- peanut(n = noun.food) earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms; Array is a kind of edible nut
is a kind of pod, seedpod
is a kind of legume, leguminous plant
is a member of arachis, genus arachis
is a part of arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine
Adjective peanut has 1 sense
- peanut(s = adj.all) insignificant - of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
CIDE DICTIONARY
peanut, n.
The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogæa ); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit. [1913 Webster]
" 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 ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peanut, n.
1 a leguminous plant, Arachis hypogaea, bearing pods that ripen underground and contain seeds used as food and yielding oil.
2 the seed of this plant.
3 (in pl.) colloq. a paltry or trivial thing or amount, esp. of money.
1 a leguminous plant, Arachis hypogaea, bearing pods that ripen underground and contain seeds used as food and yielding oil.
2 the seed of this plant.
3 (in pl.) colloq. a paltry or trivial thing or amount, esp. of money.
Idiom
peanut butter a paste of ground roasted peanuts.
THESAURUS
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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