More about peanut. 1  agriculture of The Gambia (in The Gambia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing) 2  cultivation in Asia (in origins of agriculture: Land use) 3  description and classification (in groundnut) 4  dispersal of seed and fruit (in seed and fruit: Self-dispersal) 5  nutritive value (in human nutrition: Legumes)
(pÃ¤rch) v. parched, parchÂ·ing, parchÂ·es. v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. See Synonyms at dry. 2. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
noun. 1. wilds, waste, desert, wasteland, uncultivated region He looked out over a wilderness of mountain, lake and forest. 2. tangle, confusion, maze, muddle, clutter, jumble, welter, congeries, confused mass The neglected cemetery was a wilderness of crumbling gravestones and parched grass.