peanut vs leguminous plant

leguminous plant vs peanut

peanut and leguminous plant both are nouns.

peanut is an adjective but leguminous plant is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peanut	Yes	Yes	No	No
leguminous plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, leguminous plant is a hypernym of peanut; that is, leguminous plant is a word with a broader meaning than peanut:

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
leguminous plant: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

Other hypernyms of peanut include legume.

peanut (noun)	leguminous plant (noun)
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
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

peanut (adjective)	leguminous plant (adjective)
of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

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