noun
- Underground pod of the peanut vine.
- 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.
- synonyms: peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea
- A young child who is small for his age.
- Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms.
- synonyms: earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
adjective
- Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status.
- usage: "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
- synonyms: insignificant
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