seedpod

Noun
  1. A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant (synset 113159832)
    is a type of: fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
    subtypes:
    • legume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
    • peanut - underground pod of the peanut vine
    • screw bean - spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
    • okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
    • cowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey
    • loment - seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments
    same as: pod

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