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pod

UK/ˈpɒd/ US/ˈpɑd/ fairly common informal uk
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

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2.

a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant

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3.

a group of aquatic mammals

4.

verb

1.

take something out of its shell or pod

  • “pod peas or beans”
2.

produce pods, of plants

Origin

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

Phrases

  • bean pod
  • black pod
  • buddy pod
  • coffee pod
  • crotalaria pod borer
  • diaper pod
  • drop pod
  • egg pod

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