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Botanically speaking, no. They are a legume, along with other species such as beans, peas, alfalfa, and clover. "Nut" is the term reserved for a hard-shelled fruit which does not generally release the (usually) single seed contained within. Beechnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and acorns are all examples of true nuts. Peanuts, on the other hand, grow much like a bean until pollination, when the flower stalk starts to bend over till the fertilized ovary reaches the ground. It then continues to grow under the surface of the soil till mature. This is why peanuts are also sometimes called groundnuts or earthnuts.
What else can I help you with?
Is a peanut just a dried nut?
a peanut is not a nut it is a legume
Is a peanut a vegeteble?
no, its a nut.
What kind of nut is used in dynamite?
Ground nut or peanut
What is Georgia's state nut?
Georgia's State Nut is the Peanut
Why is a peanut called a peanut?
A peanut is called a peanut because it is a legume that grows underground and resembles a nut in appearance and taste. Its name likely comes from the fact that it resembles a nut and was first cultivated in South America.
Is a peanut just a dried pea?
No. A peanut is a type of nut not a vegetable.
Is the word peanut a compound word?
peanut butter Peanut is a compound word. pea + nut = peanut
What tree has a burred nut?
Peanut
Type of nut?
I think that a type of nut is either a walnut, or peanut because a walnut is the biggest of them all and a peanut is as small as a seed.
What are compound words that have nut in them?
Peanut
If a peanut is not a nut why does it list as a nut?
It has the flavor and texture of a nut, but it is actually a legume- a type of bean.
How do you spell peanut?
Peanut is correct. There is no such thing as a pee nut, sorry to say.
