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

The pistil is that part of the flower which ends in the seed vessel.

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

A hollowed knot of a tree, used as a seed vessel, or for holding water.

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 seed vessel, which dehisces horizontally, contains many small, heart-shaped seeds.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

It is, as has been pointed out, the elongated calyx, and the swollen portion is the ovary or seed vessel.

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

The seed vessel to be fertilized is very sticky, "but not so viscid as when touched by a pollinium to pull the whole off an insect's head."

From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Henry Calderwood