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1. An insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
   "her salary is peanuts compared to his"

1. Underground pod of the peanut vine
    
2. Widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
   - peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea
    
3. A young child who is small for his age
    
4. Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds
   - earthnut, goober [US], goober pea [US], groundnut, monkey nut [Brit]

Type of: amount, amount of money, child, edible nut, fry, kid, legume, leguminous plant, minor, nestling, nipper, pod, seedpod, shaver, small fry, sum, sum of money, tiddler [Brit], tike, tyke, wean [UK, Ireland], youngster

Part of: Arachis, genus Arachis

Encyclopedia: Peanut