pea pod

See also: peapod

English

Alternative forms

• peapod

Noun

pea pod (plural pea pods)

1. (botany) The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen
2. (informal) The pod and its contents as a vegetable; the mangetout
3. A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube.

Translations

botany

• Finnish: herneenpalko
• Middle English: pesecod
• Spanish: vaina (es) f de guisante