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The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae native to South America. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense the fruit of the peanut is a woody, indehiscent legume or pod and not technically a nut.. For more information about the topic Peanut, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles: Legume — The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, legume can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... > read more Kudzu — Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles ... > read more Bean — Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or ... > read more Nut (fruit) — A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard at maturity