noun.a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb (Arachis hypogaea) of the legume family with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds; also: its seed or seed-containing pod

noun.an insignificant or tiny person

noun.a trifling amount

adjective.insignificant, petty

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