Wasabi Peanut

Wasabi

Wasabi or Japanese horseradish is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, which also includes horseradish and mustard in other genera. The plant is native to Japan, the Russian Far East including Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It grows naturally along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan.

Peanut

The peanut, also known as the groundnut, goober, goober pea, pindar or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds, contained in underground pods. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large commercial producers, both as a grain legume and as an oil crop. Underground fruiting (geocarpy) is atypical among legumes, which led botanist Carl Linnaeus to name the species hypogaea, from Greek 'under the earth'.

wasabi

Noun

1. A plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.
2. A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).

peanut

Noun

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
2. Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).

Verb

1. To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.