seedpod
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seed·pod
(sēd′pŏd′)n.
See pod1.
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seedpod
(ˈsiːdˌpɒd)n
(Botany) a carpel or pistil enclosing the seeds of a plant, esp a flowering plant
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seed•pod
(ˈsidˌpɒd)n.
a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.
[1710–20]
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| Noun | 1. |  seedpod - a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plantlegume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case peanut - underground pod of the peanut vine screw bean - spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant cowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant loment - seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments |
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