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pod - a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant |
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seedpod |
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fruit the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
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legume the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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peanut pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
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screw bean shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
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okra tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
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cowage the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
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loment seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments
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pod - the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) |
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cod,
seedcase |
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husk outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
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peasecod,
pea pod husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
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pod - a group of aquatic mammals |
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animal group a group of animals
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blower,
cetacean,
cetacean mammal a device that produces a current of air
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pinnatiped,
pinniped,
pinniped mammal aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
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pod - a detachable container of fuel on an airplane |
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container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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aeroplane,
airplane,
plane an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
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pod - produce pods, of plants |
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acquire,
develop,
get,
grow,
produce win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
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pod - take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans" |
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shell remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
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