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 Shaw, Ellen Eddy

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 Thomas, Jerome Beers

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

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

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

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 Pike, Albert