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legume vs peanut

peanut vs legume

legume and peanut both are nouns.

legume is not an adjective while peanut is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
legume Yes No No No
peanut Yes Yes No No
As nouns, peanut is a hyponym of legume; that is, peanut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than legume:
  • legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
  • 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
Other hyponyms of legume include Arachis hypogaea, peanut vine, chickpea, chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, cluster bean, Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, guar, Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant, wild pea, Lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plant, Dolichos biflorus, horse grain, horse gram, Macrotyloma uniflorum, poor man's pulse, crazy weed, crazyweed, locoweed, bean, bean plant, pea, pea plant, sesbania, vetch, moth bean, Phaseolus aconitifolius, Vigna aconitifolia, adsuki bean, adzuki bean, Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower, snail bean, snail flower, snailflower, Vigna caracalla, mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata, black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, asparagus bean, Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, yard-long bean.
legume (noun) peanut (noun)
the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae a young child who is small for his age
the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case 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
underground pod of the peanut vine
legume (adjective) peanut (adjective)
of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
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