peanut

//ˈpiːnʌt//
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Noun

peanutSingular
peanutsPlural
1

An oval-shaped edible seed that grows in pods underground, commonly roasted and eaten as a snack or used to make peanut butter and oil.

I like to eat roasted peanuts as a snack.

2

The plant of the legume family that produces peanuts, native to South America.

Peanut is a legume plant that originally comes from South America.

3

(informal) A very small or insignificant amount of money.

They paid me peanuts for all that work.

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