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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. underground pod of the peanut vine;

2. 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;
[syn: peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea]

3. a young child who is small for his age;

4. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms;
[syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;
- Example: "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"
- Example: "peanut politicians"
[syn: insignificant, peanut]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peanut \Pea"nut\ (p[=e]"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypog[ae]a); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit. [1913 Webster] Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil. Called also earthnut, groundnut, and goober. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peanut adj 1: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians" [syn: insignificant, peanut] n 1: underground pod of the peanut vine 2: 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 [syn: peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea] 3: a young child who is small for his age 4: pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "peanut": Brazil nut, Mickey Mouse, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes mondees, bitter almond, blanched almonds, burnt almond, goober, goober pea, ground-pea, groundnut, inconsequential, kernel, measly, meat, nigger toe, noisette, noix, nut, paltry, peanut butter, picayune, piddling, puny, salted peanuts, small, sweet almond