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Peanuts are the leguminous fruits of an annual of the papilionaceous plant family |
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(Leguminosae), growing underground (geocarpy) to a length of 2 - 6 cm. They have a |
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thin, netted, wrinkly, fragile shell (pod) with 1 - 4 (generally 2) kernels, which are 1.5 |
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- 2.5 cm in size. The shell fraction amounts to 25%. |