Noun: Arachis hypogaea
- Widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
"Arachis hypogaea plants covered the farmer's field in neat rows";
- peanut, peanut vine
Type of: legume, leguminous plant
Part of: Arachis, genus Arachis
Encyclopedia: Arachis hypogaea