peanut

Adjective

• of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
  • a minor, insignificant bureaucrat
    
  • peanut politicians
    

Noun

• pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

• a young child who is small for his age

• 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

• underground pod of the peanut vine

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  insignificant , earthnut , goober , goober pea , groundnut , monkey nut , peanut vine , Arachis hypogaea