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pod, in botany

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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pod, in aviation

pod, in aviation: see airplane.

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POD

See print on demand and podcast.

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pod¹

1. 

a. the fruit of any leguminous plant, consisting of a long two-valved case that contains seeds and splits along both sides when ripe

b. the seedcase as distinct from the seeds

2. any similar fruit

3. a streamlined structure attached by a pylon to an aircraft and used to house a jet engine (podded engine), fuel tank, armament, etc.

4. an enclosed cabin suspended from a cable or a big wheel, for carrying passengers

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pod²

a small group of animals, esp seals, whales, or birds

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pod³

1. a straight groove along the length of certain augers and bits

2. the socket that holds the bit in a boring tool

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pod [päd]

(aerospace engineering)

An enclosure, housing, or detachable container of some kind on an airplane or space vehicle, as an engine pod.

(botany)

A dry dehiscent fruit; a legume.

(design engineering)

The socket for a bit in a brace.

A straight groove in the barrel of a pod auger.

(geology)

An orebody of elongate, lenticular shape. Also known as podiform orebody.

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pod - Not to be confused with P.O.D.. 1. (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of Darkness") A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality impact printer). From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used to feed formatted text to it. 2. Plain Old Documentation.