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

On looking carefully, we perceive that the long stalk-like expansion is not a stalk, because it is above the seed vessel, which is, of course, a portion of the flower itself.

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 Watson, W.

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 Morris, Edward Ellis

Another is more of a bush, and has a very peculiar appearance; the seed vessel is about the size of an orange, but more pointed.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

And when the flowers have shed, oh, so lightly! their silken petals, there is still another beauty, a seed vessel of such classic shape that it wears a crown.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

The plant she holds in her hand is a branching and flowering one, the seed vessel prominent.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John