Thesaurus: pod

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1. n. A bag; a pouch.
2. n. A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3. n. A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
4. v. i. To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
5. n. the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
6. n. a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
7. n. a group of aquatic mammals
8. n. a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
9. v. take something out of its shell or pod
10. v. produce pods, of plants
11. 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. (Zoöl.) 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. To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
12. A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit.See Illust. of Angiospermous.