peanut
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pē'nŭt", IPA(key): /ˈpiːnʌt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpiˌnʌt/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: pea‧nut
Noun
[edit]peanut (plural peanuts)
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- (US) A very small clam.
- (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).
Synonyms
[edit]- goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK), pinder (Southern US)
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- circus peanut
- cocktail peanut
- hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
- if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- packing peanut
- peanut ball
- peanut brittle
- peanut bunker
- peanut butter
- peanut butter and jelly
- peanut butter cup
- peanut gallery
- peanut-headed lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria)
- peanutlike
- peanut marzipan
- peanut milk
- peanut paste
- peanut tree (Sterculia quadrifida)
- peanut tube
- peanutty
- peanut whistle
- peanut worm (Sipuncula spp.)
- Peanut yellow mosaic virus
Translations
[edit]a legume resembling a nut
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)
Further reading
[edit]Arachis hypogaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
peanut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- peanut at USDA Plants database
- peanut at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of peanut
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | peanut | peanutten | peanuts | peanuttene |
genitive | peanuts | peanuttens | peanuts' | peanuttenes |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peanut” in Den Danske Ordbog
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