noun — 3 senses
Etymology Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.
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.
Etymology 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.
Obsolete One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
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