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peapod

noun
/ˈpiˌpɑd/US

Etymology

Synchronically, pea + pod; diachronically, from a Middle English predecessor compound.

  1. derived from *baiteh₂-✻ — “woolen clothes”
  2. inherited from *paidō✻ — “coat, smock, shirt”
  3. inherited from *paidu✻
  4. inherited from pād — “an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”
  5. inherited from *pod✻
  6. compounded as peapod — “pea + pod”

Definitions

  1. The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen

  2. The pod and its contents as a vegetable

    The pod and its contents as a vegetable; the mangetout

  3. A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon…

    A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A small rowboat traditionally used for fishing and lobstering in Maine.

      • A thick-shouldered boy in yellow oil pants and a duck-billed cap rowed by in a peapod, so close to the rockweed he would have seen her if he'd looked up.

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