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seed pod

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Not only would this allow them to say, reach up into a tree and feel around for fruit or a seed pod with better agility, but it also has implications for communication."

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

"It's quite a brutal looking seed pod that only releases its seed in extremely high temperatures," she tells us.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

It’s the time of weight, when fruit and leaf, seed pod and berry, all descend to the ground.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022

After the petals fall away, the stem is capped by a seed pod the size of an egg.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2019

Isabella picks up a seed pod and starts eyeing it.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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