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Bean family
Leguminosae

A'ra-kis. A genus of about a dozen species in South America, of which the peanut is of wide economic importance.

Description
Leaves alternate, compound; leaflets oblong, without marginal teeth. Flowers yellow.

How to Grow
Although Arachis rarely sets fruit in the North, its flowers are lovely. Sow seeds outdoors after danger of frost is past. It needs full sun and warm weather.

Arachis hypogaea
Peanut . 12-18 in. (30-45 cm) high. Flowers of 2 kinds: one showy, yellow, pealike, and sterile; the other, also yellow, but fertile and on recurved stalks that touch the ground and penetrate it, carrying the fertilized ovary beneath the surface, where it ripens as a peanut. Unlike other fruits of the pea family, this one does not split. Seeds oily and nutritious. Tender annual.



 
 
WordNet: Arachis
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
  Synonym: genus Arachis


 
Wikipedia: Arachis
Arachis
Arachis hypogaea leaves and freshly dug pods
Arachis hypogaea leaves and freshly dug pods
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Aeschynomeneae
Genus: Arachis
L.
Species

Arachis appressipila
Arachis archeri
Arachis batizocoi
Arachis benensis
Arachis benthamii
Arachis brevipetiolata
Arachis burchellii
Arachis burkartii
Arachis cardenasii
Arachis chiquitana
Arachis correntina
Arachis cruziana
Arachis cryptopotamica
Arachis dardani
Arachis decora
Arachis diogoi
Arachis douradiana
Arachis duranensis
Arachis giacomettii
Arachis glabrata
Arachis glandulifera
Arachis gracilis
Arachis guaranitica
Arachis hatschbachii
Arachis helodes
Arachis hermannii
Arachis herzogii
Arachis hoehnei
Arachis hypogaea (Peanut)
Arachis ipaensis
Arachis kempff-mercadoi
Arachis kretschmeri
Arachis kuhlmannii
Arachis lignosa
Arachis lutescens
Arachis macedoi
Arachis magna
Arachis major
Arachis marginata
Arachis martii
Arachis matiensis
Arachis microsperma
Arachis monticola
Arachis oteroi
Arachis palustris
Arachis paraguariensis
Arachis pietrarellii
Arachis pintoi
Arachis praecox
Arachis prostrata (Grassnut)
Arachis pseudovillosa
Arachis pusilla
Arachis repens
Arachis retusa
Arachis rigonii
Arachis setinervosa
Arachis simpsonii
Arachis stenophylla
Arachis stenosperma
Arachis subcoriacea
Arachis sylvestris
Arachis trinitensis
Arachis triseminata
Arachis tuberosa
Arachis valida
Arachis vallsii
Arachis villosa
Arachis villosulicarpa
Arachis williamsii

Arachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae) and native to South America. At least one species, the Peanut (Arachis hypogaea), is a major food crop species of global importance; some of the other species are cultivated for food to a small extent in South America. Other species such as A. pintoi are cultivated worlwide as forage and soil conditioner plants, with the leaves providing high protein feed for grazing livestock and a nitrogen source in agroforestry and permaculture systems.

Arachis species, including the peanut, are used as food plants by some Lepidoptera species including Flame Shoulder, The Nutmeg and Turnip Moth.

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Annuals Dictionary. Taylor's Guide for Annuals, by Norman Taylor, revised and edited by Gordon P. DeWolf, Jr. Copyright © 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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