peanut

Bot.: Arachis hypogœa, the Earth-nut. pea-pheasant, s. Ornith.: (See extract.) "Near the Peafowl should be placed the genus Poly plectron, or Pea - pheasants ; often called Argus pheasants." -Jerdon: Birds of India , ii. (pt. ii.), 508. pea-pod, s. The pod or pericarp of the pea. Pea - pod Argus: Entom.: A butterfly, Lampides bætic a , one of the Blues. pea-rifle, s. A rifle having a bore so small as to carry a bullet as small as, or little larger than, a pea.