1. Noun
A bag; a pouch.
2. Noun
A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3. Noun
A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
4. Verb
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
5. Noun
a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
Vocabulary classified under Biology
6. Noun
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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