Overview of noun peanuts

The noun peanuts has 1 sense

• peanuts -- (an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; "her salary is peanuts compared to his")

Overview of noun peanut

The noun peanut has 4 senses

• peanut -- (underground pod of the peanut vine)


• peanut, peanut vine, 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 underground)


• peanut -- (a young child who is small for his age)


• peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut -- (pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms)