different between peanut vs aflatoxin

English

Etymology

From pea +? nut.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: p?'n?t", IPA^(key): /?pi??n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pin?t/, /?pi?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
2. (US) A very small clam.
3. See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Hypernyms

• earthnut, groundnut

Synonyms

• goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK)

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Translations

See also

• beer nut

Verb

peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

Further reading

• Arachis hypogaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• peanut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• peanut at USDA Plants database
• peanut on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• ante up, ante-up, untape

Danish

Etymology

From English peanut.

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

1. peanut

Inflection

Synonyms

• jordnød

Further reading

• “peanut” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From (A)spergillus (fla)vus + toxin.

Noun

aflatoxin (plural aflatoxins)

1. (toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.

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