seedpod
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- noun
- /ˈsiːdˌpɒd/
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vaina de semillas
- And even the maple seedpod, which does corkscrew through the air, uses the extra lift simply to glide.
- green seedpods
- long, flattened seedpods
- fallen seedpods
Examples
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They looked like, uh, great big seedpods.
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Nature itself is filled with doors: fragile seedpods, rinds, shells, countless varieties of skin to protect against intrusion of hostile matter.
Academic text (2007) -
What is that, some kind of seedpod?
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If they are seeds or seedpods... they must grow someplace on a plant.
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Its abundant, attractive flowers produce long, flattened seedpods that, when still green and soft, can be eaten by animals.
Academic text (2000) -
They're like huge seedpods!
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The plant, Griffonia simplicifolia, gives a substance, 5-HTP, which is extracted from the seedpods of the plant.
Blog text (16) -
Blackening the pots was routinely done in a manner similar to that described above, using acacia seedpods or tree bark for the vegetal bath.
Academic text (2007) -
The racket sent our cat flat-belly across the kitchen floor and down cellar; he'd been watching three chickadees at the window feeder: I half noticed them blow off their perches like seedpods.
Fiction book (1994) -
During late summer, the garden was filled with seedpods bursting open to release their tiny seeds.
Synonyms
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A long narrow case on a plant that holds seeds like peas
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A dry plant part that splits open to let out seeds or spores
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A long green shell on the plant that holds small round vegetables
A seedpod that breaks into single-seed parts when ripe
A long seed pod from a tree with sweet pulp and small beans used for food and animal feed
The part of a plant that holds the small parts that grow into new plants after flowering
The part of a plant that holds and protects seeds
A seed pod whose top falls off to let seeds out, like in a plantain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seedpod comes from the simple parts seed and pod, where seed means 'the plant's baby' and pod means 'a small case', so a seedpod is the little case that holds seeds and opens to release them.