Good Foods , Poor Names Some foods have names that make good sense. Take an orange, for example. Its color is orange. So it seems only right to call the fruit by that name. But what about the peanut? True, it is a kind of pea. Like other peas, a peanut grows in a shell, or pod. But a peanut is not a nut. It might seem like a nut. After all, it is small, round, and hard. But a peanut is not part of the nut family. So the name peanut is really not the best name for the food! Can you think of a better name for the peanut?