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monkey nut

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monkey nut
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Brit another name for a peanut
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Noun1.monkey nut - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seedsmonkey nut - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
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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monkey nut n (Brit) → nocciolina americana, arachide f


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