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...

Annual legume (Arachis hypogaea) and its edible seeds, which have the peculiar habit of ripening underground in pods. Native to tropical South America, peanuts were introduced early into the Old World tropics. Each pod contains one to three oblong...

Any of several plants that bear edible fruit or other nutlike parts. Three are legumes: Arachis hypogaea, the peanut, the fruit of which is a legume or pod rather than a true nut; Apois americana, also called wild bean and potato bean, the tubers of...

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...