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    MONKEY NUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British termsplay

    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)

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