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pod or legume, dehiscent fruit of a member of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family). At maturity the pod splits along its two seams and releases the enclosed seeds.

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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Â© The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

pod, the collective name for a group of whales and small groups of seals.

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pod A fruit that dehisces down both sides into 2 separate valves, which are most typically dry and somewhat woody. Pods are the characteristic fruit of the Leguminosae.

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