No. Peanuts grow in the ground, not on a tree.
There is no difference. Monkey nut is another name for peanuts, as are goober peas, ground nuts (or earth nuts) and pig nuts.
Peanuts are not nuts; nor are they peas. They are legumes.
Peanuts are known by many local names, including earthnuts, ground nuts, goober peas, monkey nuts, pygmy nuts and pig nuts.The term "Monkey nut" is often used to mean the entire pod where as peanut refers only to the shelled nut.
No they are not. Peanuts are legumes, in the bean family. They grow from seed pods on an herbaceous plant. Despite being called "peanuts," they are not nuts, nor are they in the nut family. A potato is a starchy tuber, a root vegetable that grows in the ground. It is not a legume.
There is no particular reason, it has been, is called, a ground nut and a ground pea and a goober nut. Perhaps language found it easier to combine the words pea and nut as an easier way of describing the product
In the early 2000s, salted or dried peanuts accounted for about half of the snack-nut market.
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no a pistachio is not a fruit it is a nut
Peanuts are not nuts, so a peanut allergy is not a common form of nut allergy, let alone the "commonest".
Yes. Peanuts are called Ground Nuts in Africa.