Arachis hypogaea

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Arachis hypogaea - 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 undergroundpeanut vine, peanutgoober, goober pea, monkey nut, groundnut, earthnut, peanut - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British termslegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family LeguminosaeArachis, genus Arachis - a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)peanut - underground pod of the peanut vine