pea-nut

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
   • He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.

   Synonyms:

   goober, goober bean, goober pea, monkey nut, pinder

2. (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).

   Synonyms:

   countneck

3. (in plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).

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