Peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae, native to South America. Peanut or Peanuts may also refer to: Places Peanut, California, an unincorporated community Peanut, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community Peanut Island, Florida The Peanut, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Arts, entertainment, and media Games Peanuts or Nertz, a form of double solitaire Peanuts, another name for Mercy (game), a hand war game Music "Peanuts", a 1957 song by Little Joe and the Thrillers "Peanuts", a song from The Police's 1978 album Outlandos d'Amour The Peanuts, a singing duo Film Peanuts (1996 film), a Japanese film by Takashi Miike Peanuts (2006 film), a Japanese film Peanuts franchise Peanuts, a comic strip Peanuts (TV series), a television series based on the comic strip The Peanuts Movie, a 2015 film based on the comic strip Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Peanut, a puppet of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham Peanut, a television character in Harvey Birdman Peanut the Elephant, a Beanie Baby collectible toy Peanuts (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse Peanut, a recurring character in SuperKitties Other uses Peanut (nickname), a list of people nicknamed either "Peanut" or "Peanuts" Peanut, name for IBM PCjr, a computer manufactured by IBM starting in 1984 Peanut, a type of small pocketknife with two blades Foam peanuts, a packing material Mr. Peanut, mascot of the snack-food company Planters The smallest legally harvestable hard clams See also P-Nut, the bassist for 311