noun
- a dry fruit that contains seeds and splits open when ripe
Usage: botany
Examples
- The milkweed seedpod burst open, releasing fluffy seeds into the wind.
- Children collected colorful seedpods from the maple trees in autumn.
- The gardener waited for the pea seedpods to dry before harvesting the seeds.
- Each seedpod contained dozens of tiny black seeds.
- The botanist studied the structure of various seedpods under a microscope.
- Birds often eat seeds directly from open seedpods.
- The dried seedpods rattled in the breeze.