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☆ pea·nut (pē′nut′, -nət)

noun

  1. a spreading, annual vine (Arachis hypogaea) of the pea family, with yellow flowers and brittle pods ripening underground and containing one to three edible seeds
  2. the pod or any of its seeds
  3. Slang a trifling or relatively small sum of money

Etymology: pea + nut

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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