seed capsule

/ ˈsiːdˌkeɪs /

noun

1. the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp

Example Sentences

Residue analyses show that between 1600 and 1000 B.C.E., people poured opium alkaloids into pots crafted in the shape of the seed capsule of the opium poppy, in what Collard calls “prehistoric commodity branding.”

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The seed heads of the sycamore disintegrate as their seeds are dispersed; the sweet gum seed capsule, on the other hand, has a woody structure, and the gum balls are quite persistent.

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On the last morning, which was to give our Siebenk�s "Notice to quit," arrived the casa santa of mankind, our chambre garnie, our last seed capsule--the coffin for which we have to pay whatever is demanded.

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There is an old name for the shepherd’s purse, viz., clapperde-pouch, which is said to allude to the leper who stood at the cross-ways announcing his presence with a bell and clapper, and begged for pennies to put in his pouch, which is typified by the seed capsule. 

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The details of the structure of the flowers being fully understood, it will readily be seen that the first process in the production of seeds is to fertilise the flower intended to bear the seed capsule with the pollen of the other parent selected.

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