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MONKEY NUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms
Synonyms:
earthnut; goober; goober pea; groundnut; monkey nut; peanut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("monkey nut" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("monkey nut" is a part of...):
Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (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)