Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pod"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-pod \-pod\ [See {Foot}.]
A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,
decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal
having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same
word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion,
and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry
dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of {Angiospermous}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A considerable number of animals closely
clustered together; -- said of seals.
{Pod auger}, or {pod bit}, an auger or bit the channel of
which is straight instead of twisted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Podded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Podding}.]
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pod
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds
themselves) [syn: {cod}, {seedcase}]
2: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous
plant [syn: {seedpod}]
3: a group of aquatic mammals
4: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane [syn: {fuel
pod}]
v 1: take something out of its shell or pod, such as peas or
beans [syn: {shell}]
2: produce pods, of plants
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