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Botanically speaking, no. They are a legume, along with other species such as beans, peas, alfalfa, and clover. "Nut" is the term reserved for a hard-shelled fruit which does not generally release the (usually) single seed contained within. Beechnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and acorns are all examples of true nuts. Peanuts, on the other hand, grow much like a bean until pollination, when the flower stalk starts to bend over till the fertilized ovary reaches the ground. It then continues to grow under the surface of the soil till mature. This is why peanuts are also sometimes called groundnuts or earthnuts.
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∙ 10y agoNo, botanicly it is a legume but it is usually referred to as as such because of its name, you can also refer to it as a groundnut.
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Is a peanut just a dried nut?
a peanut is not a nut it is a legume
Is a peanut a vegeteble?
no, its a nut.
What is Georgia's state nut?
Georgia's State Nut is the Peanut
What kind of nut is used in dynamite?
Ground nut or peanut
Is a peanut just a dried pea?
No. A peanut is a type of nut not a vegetable.
Is the word peanut a compound word?
peanut butter Peanut is a compound word. pea + nut = peanut
What tree has a burred nut?
Peanut
Type of nut?
I think that a type of nut is either a walnut, or peanut because a walnut is the biggest of them all and a peanut is as small as a seed.
What are compound words that have nut in them?
Some compound words with "nut" in them are peanut, cashewnut, hazelnut, walnut, coconut, donut, and butternut.
If a peanut is not a nut why does it list as a nut?
It has the flavor and texture of a nut, but it is actually a legume- a type of bean.
How do you spell peanut?
Peanut is correct. There is no such thing as a pee nut, sorry to say.
What is the nut called that squirrels eat?
a peanut.
