1. Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms; SYN. earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut.
2. Underground pod of of the peanut vine.
3. 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; SYN. peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea.
Sr groundnut or monkey nut; South American vinelike annual plant Arachis hypogaea, family Leguminosae. After flowering, the flower stalks bend and force the pods into the earth to ripen underground. The nuts are a staple food in many tropical countries and are widely grown in the S us. They yield a valuable edible oil and are the basis for numerous processed foods.

Insignificant, petty