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podcase

podcase noun: the case of a pod.

Noun

podcase (plural podcases)

  1. The case of a pod
    • In some species, this selective pressure was not local but species-wide; evolution in maize, for example, turned the hard podcase of teosinte into easily milled, but still glumed, pod-corns and then into naked-grained cobs 41, 42 .2009 February 11, Dorian Q. Fuller Michael D. Purugganan, “The nature of selection during plant domestication”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7231, →DOI, pages 843–848

Forms of podcase

pluralpodcases

Origin of podcase

From pod + case.

Questions about podcase

What does podcase mean?
Podcase means the case of a pod.
What part of speech is podcase?
Podcase is a noun.
What is the plural of podcase?
The plural of podcase is podcases.

Words near podcase in the dictionary

  1. podars
  2. podati
  3. podatus
  4. podcar
  5. podcars
  6. podcase
  7. podcases
  8. podcast
  9. podcastable
  10. podcasted
  11. podcaster

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