pod

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a seed case of certain plants, or a small detachable compartment

   He split the pea pod open with his thumb.

Of uncertain origin; possibly a back-formation from podware or podder ('seed of legumes'), of obscure derivation. The earlier word for the casing was cod.

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