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peanut

pea·nut

Today it means: A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America. Full definition →

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peanut · noun, verb¹

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

Peanut · proper noun²

From peanut.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.