Definition

• noun: a nut with a thin shell that grows under the ground and that can be eaten
• noun: a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb ('Arachis hypogaea') of the legume family with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds
• often used before another noun
• synonyms: goober, goober pea, groundnut