2 entries under this word

Pod

Pŏd, n.

noun

n. [Cf. Prov. Eng. pod, a protuberant belly, and Eng. cod, a husk, a pod; W. pod, that is taken in, podi, to take in.] (Bot.) A capsule of a plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. Gray.

An elongated seed pod, shown split open to reveal its seeds. — Pod.

Pŏd, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. PODDED; p. pr. & vb. n. PODDING.] To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.