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Definition of Goober pea

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

Definition of Goober pea

1. Noun. (American English) A peanut. ¹

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Literary usage of Goober pea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"The peanut is known under the local names of "goober," "goober pea," "pindar ... The names "goober" and "goober pea" are more properly applied to an allied ..."

2. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin by Missouri botanical garden (1913)
"It is also known under the local names of "goober," "goober pea," "pindar," "ground pea," and "groundnut." The plant is a trailing, straggling annual from ..."

3. Productive Plant Husbandry: A Text-book for High Schools, Including Plant by Kary Cadmus Davis (1917)
"The names "goober" and "goober pea" are given to those forms of the peanut which have no true stem and only one pea in each pod. This form grows wild, ..."

4. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... known in North Carolina und the adjoining UN goober pea?, so that during the late Civil War a con- E«ipt from the so-called " piney woods" of that State ..."

5. Gold and Silver: Comprising an Economic History of Mining in the United by Walter Richard Crane (1908)
"... their value can only be determined by more or less extensive development work. An ore known as " goober pea " is found in the ..."

6. Annual Report of the Commissioner and the Board of Agriculture and Immigration by Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration, Virginia (1910)
"The peanut is known under the local names of "goober," "goober pea," "pindar ... The names "goober" and "goober pea" are more properly applied to an allied ..."

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