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 Definitions of Peanut  [ˈpiˌnʌt, -nət]  

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Definition of 'Peanut' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) peanut
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of a plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.

2.  peanut
the plant itself.

3.  peanut
any small or insignificant person or thing.

4.  peanut
a small, peanut-shaped piece of polystyrene used in bulk to protect esp. material being shipped.

5.  peanut
peanuts,

6.  peanut
Informal. a very small amount of money.

Etymology:  (1790–1800)

Definition of 'Peanut' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) peanut
underground pod of the peanut vine

2. (noun) 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. (noun) peanut
a young child who is small for his age

4. (adj) 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

5. (adj) insignificant, peanut
of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"


Definition of 'Peanut' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) peanut
a seed with a thin brown shell, eaten like a nut
a chocolate bar with peanuts


Definition of 'Peanut' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Peanut
the fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit


Translation of 'Peanut' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (alsoˈgroundnutormonkey nut) a type of nut that looks rather like a pea.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: grondboontjie Arabic flag Arabic: فول سوداني، فُسْتُق عَبيد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: фъстък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: amendoim Czech flag Czech: burský oříšek German flag German: die Erdnuß
Danish flag Danish: jordnød Greek flag Greek: φιστίκι Spanish flag Spanish: cacahuete
Estonian flag Estonian: maapähkel Farsi flag Farsi: بادام زمینی Finnish flag Finnish: maapähkinä
French flag French: cacahuète Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוֹטֶן Hindi flag Hindi: मूंगफली
Croatian flag Croatian: kikiriki Hungarian flag Hungarian: amerikai mogyoró Indonesian flag Indonesian: kacang tanah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: jarðhneta Italian flag Italian: arachide, nocciolina amer Japanese flag Japanese: ピーナッツ
Korean flag Korean: 땅콩 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: arachis,žemės riešutas Latvian flag Latvian: zemesrieksts
Malay flag Malay: kacang tanah Dutch flag Dutch: pinda Norwegian flag Norwegian: peanøtt, jordnøtt
Polish flag Polish: orzeszek ziemny Persian flag Persian: بادام زمینی Pashto flag Pashto: مځكنى بادام، مومپلى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: amendoim Romanian flag Romanian: arahidă Russian flag Russian: арахис
Slovak flag Slovak: búrsky oriešok Slovenian flag Slovenian: arašid Serbian flag Serbian: kikiriki
Swedish flag Swedish: jordnöt Thai flag Thai: ถั่ว Turkish flag Turkish: yer fıstığı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 花生 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: земляний горіх, арахіс Urdu flag Urdu: مٹر جيسي ڈلي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hạt lạc Chinese flag Chinese: 花生

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