pinder
A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed of a leguminous plantA peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
Meaning
3 senses(Southern US, US, dialectal, especially)A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
(Southern US, US, dialectal, especially)The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.
(obsolete)One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Origin
Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda. From Middle EngVia Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.
From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.
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