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