seed vessel

American  

noun

Botany.

1. a pericarp.

---

seed vessel British  

noun

1. botany a dry fruit, such as a capsule

---

Etymology

Origin of seed vessel

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

seed vessel

This fruit is formed by the thickened divisions of the calyx, enclosing the small seed vessel; when it is ripe it is of a snowy white.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

The pistil merely opens up a bit and down travels the powder into the seed vessel to help form seed.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw

Egyptians, seed vessel of the lotus a sacred symbol to the, 9-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

The seed vessel after casting the seeds resembles a pair of balance scales with its little plates or pans.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

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