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peapod en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpiˌpɑd/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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. (qualifier:materials science) A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube.
4. 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. 1954, Elisabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day, Down East Books, published 2014, page 52:

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Translations (5)

pl strąk grochu (botany) · de Erbsenschote (botany) · fi herneenpalko (botany) · es vaina de guisante (botany) · enm pesecod (botany)