Are peanuts a type of nut?!
Are peanuts a type of nut?
Answers:
Not really....
"The peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the legume 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 a nut."
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org
um peaNUT! Does that answer your question?
Yes
nope, you are right in suspecting them ;-)
Peanuts are a legume (like peas and bean), they grow under the ground.
They are strictly speaking a pod and not a nut.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peanut...
What do you think really ?
Yes they are!
No. Although commonly thought of as a nut, peanuts are actually legumes and belong to the same family as the bean and pea.
I didn't know but for all you "DUH" answers..."DUH" right back at you
yep, and did you also know pickled eggs contain egg?!?!
No, they are a legume, a bean!
yup
yes
um....they are called peaNUTs!! duh!!!!!!!!!!
omg! my god...y would they call it peaNUT wen its not a nut? use ur utok-brain inday!