Definitions For Peanut

noun

• Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; groundnut' and monkey nut' are British terms
• A young child who is small for his age
• 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
• Underground pod of the peanut vine
• A nut with a thin shell that grows under the ground and that can be eaten
• A very small amount of money

adjective

• Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status