GOOBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goober mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

earthnut; goober; goober pea; groundnut; monkey nut; peanut

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

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("goober" is a part of...):

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)