- the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- the plant itself.
- any small or insignificant person or thing.
- peanuts,
- a very small amount of money: working for peanuts.
- barbiturates.
- small pieces of Styrofoam used as a packing material.
- of or relating to the peanut or peanuts.
- made with or from peanuts.
- small, insignificant, or petty.
- a leguminous plant, Arachis hypogaea, of tropical America: widely cultivated for its edible seeds. The seed pods are forced underground where they ripen
- the edible nutlike seed of this plant, used for food and as a source of oil
