ARACHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arachis mean? 

• ARACHIS (noun)
  The noun ARACHIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)

  Familiarity information: ARACHIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARACHIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arachis; genus Arachis

Hypernyms ("Arachis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Arachis"):

Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (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)

Holonyms ("Arachis" is a member of...):

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

 Context examples 

Cultivated peanut, Arachis hypogaea, is an important grain legume and oilseed crop, with a total global production area of approximately 59 million acres.

(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)