genus arachis

1. 1.

   a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)

   SynonymsArachis

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofLeguminosae

Questions about genus arachis

What does genus arachis mean?

genus arachis means "a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)".

What is another word for genus arachis?

Close synonyms include Arachis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus arachis a common word?

genus arachis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.