The peanut, or Arachis hypogaea, is a member of the legume family commonly called the groundpea or goober. It produces two to four edible subterranean seeds in separate pods on viney plants. Peanuts are made up of a shell, skin, and a kernel. It is...

Frequently applied in the USA to a small or insignificant person, a child, as an affectionate nickname. It is used thus in Dawn Powell’s story The Comeback, where a man uses it to his young niece. It is also used in a friendly way in Daughters of...

The peanut, or Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the legume family Fabaceae native to South America, Mexico and Central America. [1] It is an annual herbaceous plant growing to 30 to 50 cm (1 to 1½ ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, pinnate...

A leading industry group has given scientists the go-ahead to build genetically engineered peanuts that could be safer, more nutritious and easier to grow than their conventional version.The work could lead to peanuts that yield more oil for biofuel production, need less rainfall and grow...

Government scientists struggled to pinpoint the source of the first U.S. salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the kid favorite packed into millions of lunchboxes every day.Nearly 300 people in 39 states have fallen ill since August, and federal health investigators said they strongly suspect...

Timeline of key events in ConAgra Foods Inc.'s recall of all peanut butter made at its Sylvester, Ga., plant:August 2006 _ First cases of Salmonella Tennessee, the rare strain linked to this outbreak, are reported.August 2006 _ Moisture invades ConAgra plant in Sylvester through a...

The number of people sickened since August by peanut butter tainted with salmonella has grown by more than 200, according to a new federal report. The outbreak, first reported in February, now includes 628 cases in 47 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...