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Peanut

//ˈpiːnʌt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of little importance or influence or power; of minor status wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A given name for a pet animal.
Noun
  1. 1
    A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

    "He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life."

  2. 2
    pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”). US
  4. 4
    a young child who is small for their age wordnet
  5. 5
    See peanuts (“very small amount”). in-plural
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  1. 6
    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 wordnet
  2. 7
    underground pod of the peanut vine wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

Etymology 2

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

Etymology 3

From peanut.

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