ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pea-nut

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pea-nut is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of peanut.

Meaning

Obsolete spelling of peanut.

Example Sentences

Tests were conducted at Arkansas, and other experiment stations, where pigs were fed on pea-nuts, and the gain per day in forty-six days averaged 0.57 lb. pork.
The more we peeled, the more peel there seemed to be left on; by the time we had got all the peel off and all the eyes out, there was no potato left—at least none worth speaking of. George came and had a look at it—it was about the size of a pea-nut.

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Related dictionary entries include peanut, earthpea, groundnut, earthnut, peppernut, pindal.

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