"peanut" in the noun sense
1. peanut
underground pod of the peanut vine
2. peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea
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
3. peanut
a young child who is small for his age
4. peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
"peanut" in the adjective sense
1. insignificant, peanut
of little importance or influence or power of minor status
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"
"peanut politicians"
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