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| bean |
the edible seed or seed pod of several types of leguminous plants. [1/5 definitions] |
| boll |
a rounded pod or case enclosing the seeds of a plant such as cotton. |
| carob |
the pod of this tree, used in making beverages and candy that resemble chocolate, or used as fodder. [1/2 definitions] |
| chili |
the strong, sharp-tasting pod of any of several varieties of a tropical pepper plant. [2/3 definitions] |
| chili pepper |
the strong, sharp-tasting pod of any of several varieties of a tropical pepper plant; chili. |
| follicle |
a dry seed vessel, such as a milkweed pod, that has a single chamber, having developed from a single ovary, and that splits open along one seam when mature. [1/3 definitions] |
| green bean |
a type of kidney bean characterized by its long thin green pod. [2 definitions] |
| peanut |
a pod, or one of the oily, nutlike, edible seeds it encloses, of a plant of the legume family that matures its seed pods underground. [1/2 definitions] |
| pyxis |
a seed pod that drops its seeds when the lid falls off, as in the purslane; pyxidium. [1/3 definitions] |
| shuck |
the protective outer covering of any of various vegetables, fruits, or shellfish; husk, pod, or shell. [1/3 definitions] |
| valvate |
in botany, meeting without overlapping, as the petals of some flowers, or opening with a valve, as a pea pod. [1/2 definitions] |
| wax bean |
the slender, waxy, yellow seed pod produced by this plant, harvested in its immature state for use as a table vegetable. [1/2 definitions] |
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