#groundnut

• Peanut — A common popular synonym for the peanut (arachide); the fruit of the herbaceous plant Arachis hypogaea in the Fabaceae family, which develops and matures underground, consisting of a brittle, reticulated pod enclosing edible, oily seeds typically consumed roasted and salted or processed into butter.
• Peanut — Hyphenated spelling variant for the popular name of the peanut (Arachis hypogaea); the fruit of a legume plant that develops underground, consisting of a brittle, reticulated pod enclosing seeds rich in fats and proteins.
• Peanut — Hyphenated popular compound name for the peanut (Arachis hypogaea); an annual legume plant whose pods bury themselves into the soil to mature, providing edible oily seeds with a particularly high nutritional value.
• Peanuts — Plural form for the compound noun 'alună-de-pământ' (or its non-hyphenated variant); designates peanuts (Arachis hypogaea), the underground fruits of a legume plant heavily used in the food industry due to their high content of oils, healthy fats, and proteins.
• Apios — A genus of climbing perennial herbaceous plants within the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and East Asia. The most well-known species is Apios americana (groundnut), historically cultivated by indigenous populations for its edible tubers, rich in starch and protein, which grow strung along the roots like beads.
• Apios americana — A species of perennial climbing plant in the family Fabaceae, native to eastern North America. It is renowned for its edible underground tubers, rich in protein and starch, which grow strung along the roots like beads. Its flowers are highly fragrant, featuring a spectacular coloration in shades of brown, pink, and purple, grouped in dense clusters.
• Peanut — An alternative spelling variant for arahidă (peanut); an annual herbaceous plant in the Fabaceae family, native to South America, widely cultivated for its underground pods containing seeds rich in oils and proteins. In common parlance and older technical texts, the term directly denotes the edible kernel (peanut) used in the food industry, oil extraction, and animal feed.
• Arachis hypogaea — The scientific binomial name of the peanut (groundnut), an annual plant in the Fabaceae family intensively cultivated worldwide for its highly nutritious oilseeds. The species is remarkable because, following the pollination of its yellow aerial flowers, the stalk elongates downward, pushing the fertilized ovary into the ground, where the woody pods develop and shelter the seeds rich in lipids and proteins.
• Peanut — An annual herbaceous plant in the Fabaceae family, commonly known as the groundnut or peanut, cultivated worldwide in warm zones for its underground woody pods. The fruit (peanut) contains seeds exceptionally rich in fatty vegetable oils and proteins, holding massive economic importance in the agri-food industry, for peanut butter manufacturing, refined oil extraction, baking, and direct snacking.