| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  p d |
| NOUN: | 1. Botany a. A dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea. b. A dry, several-seeded, dehiscent fruit. Also called seedpod. 2. Zoology A protective covering that encases the eggs of some insects and fish. 3. A casing or housing forming part of a vehicle, as: a. A streamlined external housing that encloses engines, machine guns, or fuel. b. Aerospace A detachable compartment on a spacecraft for carrying personnel or instrumentation. 4. Something resembling a pod, as in compactness. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: pod·ded, pod·ding, pods
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To bear or produce pods. 2. To expand or swell like a pod. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To remove (seeds) from a pod. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Origin unknown.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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