peanut
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1. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | edible nut, |
| definition | : | a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
2. a young child who is small for his age (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster, |
| definition | : | a young person of either sex (noun.person) |
3. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | legume, leguminous plant, |
| definition | : | an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | peanut, |
| definition | : | underground pod of the peanut vine (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | arachis, genus arachis, |
| definition | : | a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut) (noun.plant) |
4. underground pod of the peanut vine (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | pod, seedpod, |
| definition | : | a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant (noun.plant) |
| part meronym | : | arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | groundnut oil, peanut oil, |
| definition | : | an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap (noun.food) |
5. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status (adj.all)
| similar | : | minor, |
| definition | : | of lesser importance or stature or rank (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | insignificance, |
| definition | : | the quality of having little or no significance (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | insignificance, |
| definition | : | the quality of having little or no significance (noun.attribute) |
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