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seed vessel
noun
, Botany.
- a pericarp.
seed vessel
noun
- botany a dry fruit, such as a capsule
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Word History and Origins
Origin of seed vessel1
First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences
Oleace, having imperfect flowers and a seed-vessel prolonged into a thin wing at the apex (called a samara).
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Jute fibre is obtained from two varieties of plants which appear to differ only in the shape of the fruit or seed vessel.
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The seed-vessel belongs to the seed, only and for ever: it is formed for itself and has no purpose apart.
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Now it is withdrawn further still, as ripeness comes, from the seed-vessel into the seed.
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The seed-vessel with its hidden treasure--the ultimate object of this miracle of quickening--begins immediately to form.
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