peanut

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

   He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.

2. 2
   adj

   of little importance or influence or power

3. 3
   noun

   pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds

4. 4
   noun

   a young child who is small for his age

5. 5
   noun

   widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions

6. 6
   noun

   underground pod of the peanut vine

7. 7
   noun

   Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).

8. 8
   noun

   See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Etymology

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).