peanut

adj : of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;

"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "the little man";

"peanut politicians"; "a crowd of small writers had

vainly attempted to rival Addison"- Macaulay [syn: {insignificant},

{little}, {small}]

n 1: underground pod of of the peanut vine

2: 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 [syn:

{peanut vine}, {Arachis hypogaea}]

3: pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds;

`groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn: {earthnut},

{goober}, {goober pea}, {groundnut}, {monkey nut}]