May 3, 2024
And peanuts are legumes, not nuts. Wikipedia tells me “Well-known legumes include beans, soybeans, chickpeas, peanuts, lentils, lupins, grass peas, mesquite, carob, tamarind, alfalfa, and clover.
Legumes produce a botanically unique type of fruit – a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume