The peanut, also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), and taxonomically classified as Arachis hypogaea, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.

Peanuts, aka "groundnuts," grow below ground as the fruit of the peanut plant. This plant likely originated in South America in Brazil or Peru. Scientists have found 3,500-year-old pottery in the ...