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PEANUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms
Synonyms:
earthnut; goober; goober pea; groundnut; monkey nut; peanut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("peanut" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("peanut" is a part of...):
Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A young child who is small for his age
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peanut" is a kind of...):
child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peanut" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (parts of "peanut"):
earthnut; goober; goober pea; groundnut; monkey nut; peanut (pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms)
peanut (underground pod of the peanut vine)
Holonyms ("peanut" is a member of...):
Arachis; genus Arachis (a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Underground pod of the peanut vine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("peanut" is a kind of...):
pod; seedpod (a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant)
Meronyms (substance of "peanut"):
groundnut oil; peanut oil (an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap)
Holonyms ("peanut" is a part of...):
Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
Example:
peanut politicians
Synonyms:
insignificant; peanut
Classified under:
Similar:
minor (of lesser importance or stature or rank)
Context examples:
The researchers recreated this genomic merger by crossing the two ancient peanuts species and analyzing the results in seven generations of offspring plants.
(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Some foods to stay away from include: • Eggs • Honey • Peanuts (including peanut butter) • Other tree nuts
(Infant and Newborn Nutrition, NIH)
It is found as a contaminant in peanuts, cottonseed meal, corn, and other grains.
(Aflatoxin B1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
“Any spacecraft that lands in regions of granular material on Titan is going to have a tough time staying clean. Think of putting a cat in a box of packing peanuts.”
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
Why, thirty thousand, lump sum, wouldn't buy for him right now what ten cents he was layin' up would have bought him, when he was a kid, in the way of candy an' peanuts or a seat in nigger heaven.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The researchers will continue to follow the children to determine if protection against peanut allergy remains once children stop consuming peanut products.
(Peanut Consumption in Infancy Lowers Peanut Allergy, NIH)
Allergy to peanut, which is often severe, is one of the most common food allergies.
(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
The edible oil extracted from peanuts.
(Peanut Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
In adults, the foods that most often trigger allergic reactions include fish, shellfish, peanuts, and tree nuts, such as walnuts.
(Food Allergy, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
The team’s genomic analysis of populations of plants that make up the wild peanut species pointed to a region in northern Argentina known as Rio Seco.
(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
