pod
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pod (päd)
noun
- a dry fruit or seed vessel developed from a single carpel enclosing one or more seeds and usually splitting along two sutures at maturity, as a legume
- a podlike container, as a cocoon of a locust
- ☆ any of various enclosures, as a streamlined housing for a jet engine
Etymology: Early ModE < ?
Related Forms:
- podlike pod′·like′ adjective
pod2 definition
☆ pod (päd)
pod3 definition
pod (päd)
noun
- a sharp groove in certain augers and other tools
- the socket for the bit in a brace
Etymology: < ?
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