Noun
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pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds
`groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
- goober pea - monkey nut -
a young child who is small for his age
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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
- peanut vine - arachis hypogaea -
underground pod of the peanut vine
Adjective
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of little importance or influence or power
of minor status
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"
"peanut politicians"