pea-nut

A form of peanut — A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

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Meanings

nounpea-nut (plural pea-nuts)

plural pea-nuts

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of peanut.

    Tests were conducted at Arkansas, and other experiment stations, where pigs were fed on pea-nuts, and the gain per day in forty-six days averaged 0.57 lb. pork.

    1855, H. W. Potts, Pigs and Their Management, page 76
    1 more example

    The more we peeled, the more peel there seemed to be left on; by the time we had got all the peel off and all the eyes out, there was no potato left—at least none worth speaking of. George came and had a look at it—it was about the size of a pea-nut.

    1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […]
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APA

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Chicago

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