Nut
Peanut
Peanut noun - 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.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Veronica Mars: A suspect eats peanut butter cookies in order to trigger his nut allergy and escape from jail.
Source: Self-Induced Allergic Reaction -
But a butterfly is not a fly, a peanut is not a nut, and a ten-gallon hat can't even hold one gallon of liquid.
Source: Non-Indicative Name - Cats Don't Dance has Woolie talk about how the peanut is neither pea nor nut, and briefly suggests the name "pea legume" before dropping the matter.
Source: Non Indicative Name / Real Life
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