Peapod
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpiˌpɑd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Peapod is a noun meaning (botany) The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen.
Meaning
(botany) The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen.
More Meanings
- (informal) The pod and its contents as a vegetable; the mangetout
- (materials science) A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube.
- (nautical) A small rowboat traditionally used for fishing and lobstering in Maine.
Example Sentences
A thick-shouldered boy in yellow oil pants and a duck-billed cap rowed by in a peapod, so close to the rockweed he would have seen her if he'd looked up.
Word Forms
- peapods
- pea pod
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peacod, peasecod, pescod, peascod, pawk, prawner.
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