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[syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Goober \Goo"ber\, n.
A peanut. [Southern U. S.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peanut \Pea"nut\ (p[=e]"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.)
The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis
hypog[ae]a); also, the plant itself, which is widely
cultivated for its fruit.
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Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or
three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the
soil. Called also earthnut, groundnut, and
goober.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
goober
n 1: 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,
monkey nut]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "goober":
Brazil nut, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce,
amandes mondees, bitter almond, blanched almonds, burnt almond,
goober pea, ground-pea, groundnut, kernel, meat, nigger toe,
noisette, noix, nut, peanut, peanut butter, salted peanuts,
sweet almond