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Pod   /pɑd/   Listen
Pod

noun
1.
The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).  Synonyms: cod, seedcase.
2.
A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.  Synonym: seedpod.
3.
A group of aquatic mammals.
4.
A detachable container of fuel on an airplane.  Synonym: fuel pod.
verb
(past & past part. podded; pres. part. podding)
1.
Take something out of its shell or pod.
2.
Produce pods, of plants.



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"Pod" Quotes from Famous Books



... Winnie had come into her teens, and little Violetta was no longer the baby; for there were a pair of beautiful twin brothers at Woodlawn, "as near alike," Mrs. Dodge declared, "as two peas in a pod." ...
— Bertie and the Gardeners - or, The Way to be Happy • Madeline Leslie
... in their results may, I think, be in part accounted for by Herbert's great horticultural skill, and by his having hot-houses at his command. Of his many important statements I will here give only a single one as an example, namely, that "every ovule in a pod of Crinum capense fertilised by C. revolutum produced a plant, which I never saw to occur in a case of its natural fecundation." So that here we have perfect, or even more than commonly perfect fertility, in a first cross between two ...
— On the Origin of Species - 6th Edition • Charles Darwin
... along, we sho did fall in and save all us could for de next year. Every kind of seed and pod dat grow'd we saved and dried for next spring or fall planting. Atter folks is once had deir belly aching and growling for victuals, dey ain't never gwine to throw no rations and things away no mo'. Young folks is powerful wasteful, but if something come along to break up deir ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves • Works Projects Administration
... plantations of the cocoa-tree, from the seed of which chocolate is made. The cocoa-pod resembles a small, rough melon, and is of a dark-red colour, full of ...
— The Young Llanero - A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela • W.H.G. Kingston
... Each profession demands brains, and is at its best in coining cute phrases. I've met scores of both tribes, and they're like as peas in a pod." ...
— The Postmaster's Daughter • Louis Tracy


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