goober pea

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goober pea

n. Chiefly Southern US
See peanut.
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Noun1.goober pea - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seedsgoober pea - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
goober, monkey nut, groundnut, earthnut, peanut
edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
Arachis hypogaea, peanut vine, peanut - 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
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Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea
This book sets out the history of the peanut, or Goober pea, in an accessible way with a language and layout targeted more at the layman than the scholar.
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