seedpod

seed·pod

S0214700 (sēd′pŏd′)n. See pod¹.

seedpod

(ˈsiːdˌpɒd) n (Botany) a carpel or pistil enclosing the seeds of a plant, esp a flowering plant

seed•pod

(ˈsidˌpɒd)
n. a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe. [1710–20]

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seedpod - a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plantpodlegume - 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 casepeanut - underground pod of the peanut vinescrew bean - spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feedokra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plantcowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honeyfruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plantloment - seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments