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Pod

Pod Meaning & Definition
Pod Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pod?

[n] a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
[n] a group of aquatic mammals
[n] a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
[n] the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
[v] produce pods, of plants
[v] take something out of its shell or pod, such as peas or beans

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pod: cod | fuel pod | seedcase | seedpod

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pod: army | bark | bay window | boll | bran | bunch | burr | capsule | case | chaff | cod | colony | corn shuck | cornhusk | corporation | drift | drive | drove | flock | follicle | gam | gang | herd | host | hull | husk | jacket | kennel | legume | legumen | litter | pack | palea | paunch | pease cod | peel | pericarp | pot | pride | rind | school | seed pod | seed vessel | seedbox | seedcase | shell | shoal | shuck | silique | skin | skulk | sloth | slough | trip | troop

See Also | acquire | aeroplane | airplane | animal group | blower | cetacean | cetacean mammal | container | cowage | develop | fruit | get | grow | husk | legume | loment | okra | pea pod | peanut | peasecod | pinnatiped | pinniped | pinniped mammal | plane | produce | screw bean | shell

Pod In Webster's Dictionary

\-pod\ [See {Foot}.] A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
\Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk, pod.] 1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. 2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of {Angiospermous}. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. {Pod auger}, or {pod bit}, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
\Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Podded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Podding}.] To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

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