peanut

underground pod of the peanut vine

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

a young child who is small for his age

pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"