seed vessel

American  

noun

Botany.

1. a pericarp.

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seed vessel British  

noun

1. botany a dry fruit, such as a capsule

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Etymology

Origin of seed vessel

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

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seed vessel

On looking carefully, we perceive that the long stalk-like expansion is not a stalk, because it is above the seed vessel, which is, of course, a portion of the flower itself.

From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by W. Watson

Jute fibre is obtained from two varieties of plants which appear to differ only in the shape of the fruit or seed vessel.

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse

This scar, also called hilum, is where the seed was attached to the seed vessel.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

You may remember a trailing plant with a small yellowish flower and a seed vessel of an oblong form, containing one seed; the whole plant resembling much the caout-chouc.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

Another is more of a bush, and has a very peculiar appearance; the seed vessel is about the size of an orange, but more pointed.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart