pod

Noun

• a detachable container of fuel on an airplane

• a group of aquatic mammals

• a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant

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

Verb

• produce pods, of plants

• take something out of its shell or pod
  • pod peas or beans
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fuel pod , seedpod , cod , seedcase