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peanut |ˈpēnət|noun1 the oval seed of a South American plant, widely roasted and salted and eaten as a snack.• (peanuts) informal a paltry thing or amount, esp. a very small amount of money: he pays peanuts.• a small person (often used as a term of endearment).• (peanuts) small pieces of Styrofoam used for packing material.2 the plant of the pea family that bears these seeds, which develop in pods that ripen underground. It is widely cultivated, esp. in the southern US, and large quantities are used to make oil oranimal feed.

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The name peanut is derived from the nut itself. Peanuts are legumes, not nuts, and they have a shell that splits open with two equal halves, resembling the two halves of a pea pod. This is likely where the name "peanut" originated from.

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