How many syllables in peanuts?

There are 2 syllables in the word peanuts.

How to pronounce peanuts:

peanuts (plural noun):: its seed or seed-containing pod; a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb (arachis hypogaea) of the legume family with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds

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