Arachis

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by Linnaeus as an alteration of Ancient Greek ἄραχος (árakhos), an alternative form of ἄρακος (árakos, “chickling vetch”).

Proper noun

Arachis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants, of which the peanut is the best known.

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