pod : Idioms & Phrases

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Etymology
See Foot.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Webster 1913

Bladder pod

  • (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods.
Webster 1913

edible-pod pea

  • noun a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
    edible-pod pea; Pisum sativum macrocarpon.
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edible-podded pea

  • noun a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
    edible-pod pea; Pisum sativum macrocarpon.
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fuel pod

  • noun a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
    pod.
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locust pod

  • noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
    algarroba bean; carob bean; algarroba; carob; locust bean.
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monkey pod

  • noun large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
    saman; zamang; monkeypod; zaman; Albizia saman; rain tree.
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pea pod

  • noun husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
    peasecod.
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Pod auger, ∨ pod bit

  • an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
Webster 1913

Scimiter pods

  • (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.
Webster 1913

Screw-pod mesquite

  • a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians.
Webster 1913

Sickle pod

  • (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods.
Webster 1913