SEEDCASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cod; pod; seedcase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("seedcase" is a kind of...):

husk (outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seedcase"):

pea pod; peasecod (husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas)