peanut
1. [ noun ] (botany) 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: Arachis_hypogaea peanut_vine
Related terms: legume Arachis
2. [ noun ] (botany) underground pod of the peanut vine
Related terms: pod peanut_oil
3. [ adjective ] of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
Synonyms: small little insignificant
Examples:

"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat" "peanut politicians"

Related terms: minor
4. [ noun ] a young child who is small for his age
Related terms: child
5. [ noun ] (botany,food) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
Synonyms: goober goober_pea groundnut monkey_nut earthnut
Related terms: edible_nut
Similar spelling:   pent
  Penta
  Penate
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  penned