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

We have seen that six hundred years after Adam appears Noah, another self-triplicated Saviour or preserver of man, with his ark or seed vessel, beneath which is veiled the female element.

From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt

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 Morris, Edward Ellis

This scar, also called hilum, is where the seed was attached to the seed vessel.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

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 Watson, W.

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

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers