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Is a peanut a vegetable

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A Peanut is actually neither nut nor vegtable. It actually is a legume. To be exact, a legume is a fruit that is produced by a tree and inside the legume exists about 4 seeds which are peanuts. For more information, use the link below.

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No, it's a goober, which fall under meats and nuts on the food pyramid

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A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume which means a bean. so really it should have been named a peabean or a pealegume.

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Yes, I'm pretty sure it is, it is possibly a legume...

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It is a fruit. The flowers after pollination develop into fruits containing 1 to 4 seeds, which forces its way underground to mature.

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The peanut , being a legume , is a vegetable .

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Vegetable

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