Definition of Seedpod

1. Noun. A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.

Exact synonyms: Pod
Specialized synonyms: Legume, Peanut, Screw Bean, Okra, Cowage, Loment
Generic synonyms: Fruit
Derivative terms: Pod, Pod

Definition of Seedpod

1. Noun. (botany) A pouch like form on a plant which encloses the seeds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seedpod

1. a type of seed vessel [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seedpod

seedings
seedlep
seedleps
seedless
seedless raisin
seedlessness
seedlike
seedling
seedlings
seedlip
seedlips
seedlop
seedman
seedmen
seedness
seedpod (current term)
seedpods
seeds
seedsman
seedsmen
seedsnipe
seedsnipes
seedstock
seedstocks
seedtime
seedtimes
seedy
seedy toe
seein'
seeing

Literary usage of Seedpod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Budget Report of the State Board of Finance and Control to the General by Governor, Connecticut Board of Finance and Control, Connecticut, Board of Finance and Control (1915)
"147 were set out, using (a) plants from seedpod al, and (b) plants from seedpod a-2. ... 147 used, as follows: plants from (a) seedpod bi; (b) seedpod b-2; ..."

2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1903)
"... fertilization of the flower which grows into a long slender seedpod, usually carrying a tiny.sepal along, like a little flag, till it is finally lost. ..."

3. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Topography and Architecture by Nancy Bookidis (1997)
"An Archaic statue of Demeter, a poppy seedpod, and a flaming torch appear as symbols on the ... The clasped hands holding ears of wheat and a poppy seedpod, ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1865)
"... where the ‘violet now was rolled up in the seedpod, like a stylite millipede, and the great bindweed, in its crenate horn, piped and fluted spirally, ..."

5. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, George Wiley Sherburn, Howard Mumford Jones, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"... who broughtest her to birth? Searcher of breast and reins. Thou should'st have searched thy Woman, the seedpod of thine earth! ..."

6. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"Searcher of breast and reins, Thou should'st have searched thy Woman, the seedpod of thine earth,! Herself hath searched her softly through Singing she ..."

7. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"In September and October the next generation of caterpillars is found boring into the seedpod and occasionally into the flower-stem. ..."

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