NOUN | plant | Arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine | widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions |
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Meaning | 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 | peanut, peanut vine | |
Member of | Arachis, genus Arachis | A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut) |
Parts | peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut | pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds |
peanut | underground pod of the peanut vine | |
Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
Spanish | cacahuete | |
Catalan | cacauet |
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