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pod, in botanypod or legume, dehiscent fruit fruit, matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed . After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization ) and the embryo plantlet begins to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistil ) develops into a seed and the ovary wall..... Click the link for more information. of a member of the family Leguminosae (pulse pulse, in botany, common name for members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), a large plant family, called also the pea, or legume, family. Numbering about 650 genera and 17,000 species, the family is third largest, after the asters and the orchids. ..... Click the link for more information. family). At maturity the pod splits along its two seams and releases the enclosed seeds. pod, in aviationpod, in aviation: see airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air...... Click the link for more information. . PODSee print on demand and podcast. 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 pod2 a small group of animals, esp seals, whales, or birds pod3 1. a straight groove along the length of certain augers and bits 2. the socket that holds the bit in a boring tool 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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Some subjects, including multiple worlds and symbiosis, are clearly presented, with helpful examples (the authors look at hummingbirds and flowers, for instance, to explain natural selection and the interdependence of the mulefa and the seedpod trees in The Amber Spyglass), but some aspects of quantum physics (such as string theory and dark matter) are hard to follow and their connection to Pullman's trilogy is not made clear. Each leaf or seedpod or blade of grass is breath-takingly unique and perfect. For instance, an aqua lump sits on the slanted right-hand lower edge of another untitled work from 2001 in what one might call a tense standoff with an incoming mutant seedpod, except that the lump couldn't achieve the state of "tenseness" any more than a well- chewed gum wad on the sidewalk could (though in the mortal battle between other forms of life that Ross seems to have staged here, ultimate stickiness may be the limper contestant's posthumous revenge). |
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