seedpod

[ seed-pod ]

/ ˈsidˌpɒd /

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noun

a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.

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Origin of seedpod

First recorded in 1710–20

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The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Famously, Ted Turner in 1997 founded the United Nations Foundation with a generous $1 billion in seed money.
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But at Cheshire, prisoners rarely, if ever, leave their pod.
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He said he hoped their “shed blood [would] act as a seed of hope in order to build authentic brotherhood among peoples.”
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When you were setting out to work on The Giver, what planted the seed for this dark, utopian society?
A Trailblazer in YA Dystopian Fiction: An Interview With 'The Giver' Author Lois Lowry|Marianne Hayes|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The color (p. 027) of the seed also varies according to the varieties of the plant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
When the man turned bad on his hands, Jahweh was angry, and cursed him and his seed for thousands of years.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for seedpod

seed pod

noun

a carpel or pistil enclosing the seeds of a plant, esp a flowering plant

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