Source of cooking oil (6)

I believe the answer is:

peanut

(Other definitions for peanut that I've seen before include "Edible seed of a leguminous plant" , "Monkey nut" , "It ripens in a vine pod underground" , "Groundnut" , "(Plant with) edible underground seed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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