HyperDic: arachis_hypogaea

English > 1 sense of the expression Arachis hypogaea:
NOUNplantArachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vinewidely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions
English > Arachis hypogaea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWidely 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.
Synonymspeanut, peanut vine
Member ofArachis, genus ArachisA genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
Partspeanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nutpod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds
peanutunderground pod of the peanut vine
Broaderlegume, leguminous plantAn erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanishcacahuete
Catalancacauet

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