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pea pod

pea pod is the alternative spelling of peapod.

Meaning of peapod

Noun

peapod (plural peapods)

  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. (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

Forms of pea pod

pluralpea pods

Questions about pea pod

What is pea pod the alternative spelling of?
Pea pod is the alternative spelling of peapod.

Words near pea pod in the dictionary

  1. pea nuts
  2. pea ore
  3. pea ores
  4. pea patch
  5. pea patches
  6. pea pod
  7. pea pods
  8. pea roller
  9. pea rollers
  10. pea shake
  11. pea shakes

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