1. (

• peanut ,

) underground pod of the peanut vine ;

2. (

• peanut ,
• peanut_vine ,
• Arachis_hypogaea

) 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 ;

3. (

• peanut

) a young child who is small for his age ;

4. (

• peanut ,
• earthnut ,
• goober ,
• goober_pea ,
• groundnut ,
• monkey_nut

) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms ;

1. (

• insignificant ,
• peanut

) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians" ;