pod

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pod

1	n v	the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) take something out of its shell or pod
2	n	a group of aquatic mammals
3	n	a detachable container of fuel on an airplane

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pod

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the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case; peanut
underground pod of the peanut vine; screw bean
spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed; okra
long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant; cowage
pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey; loment
seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments; chickpea, garbanzo
the seed of the chickpea plant; lentil
the fruit or seed of a lentil plant; pea
the fruit or seed of a pea plant; field pea
seed of the field pea plant; black-eyed pea, cowpea
fruit or seed of the cowpea plant

“pod peas or beans”

Type of:: acquire, develop, get, grow, produce
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Type of:: container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

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