monkey nut

monkey nut
noun
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
Syn: ↑peanut, ↑earthnut, ↑goober, ↑goober pea, ↑groundnut
Hypernyms: ↑edible nut
Part Holonyms: ↑peanut, ↑peanut vine, ↑Arachis hypogaea

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Slang.
a peanut.
[1875-80]

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monkey nut noun
The peanut or ground-nut (genus Arachis)
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Main Entry:monkey

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monkey nut UK US noun [countable] [singular monkey nut plural monkey nuts] british informal
a peanut before it has had its shell removed
Thesaurus: edible nutshyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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monkey nut,
British. the peanut.

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ˈmonkey nut 7 [monkey nut] noun (BrE)
a ↑peanut with its shell still on

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