seed vessel

American  

noun

Botany.

1. a pericarp.

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seed vessel British  

noun

1. botany a dry fruit, such as a capsule

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Etymology

Origin of seed vessel

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

The pistil merely opens up a bit and down travels the powder into the seed vessel to help form seed.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

Among such words are carpos = fruit, pericarpion = seed vessel = pericarp, and metra, the word used by him for the central core of any stem whether formed of wood, pith, or other substance.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

Egyptians, seed vessel of the lotus a sacred symbol to the, 9-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Halidrys siliquosa is remarkable for its spore receptacles, which have quite the appearance of the seed vessel of a flowering plant.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

The seed vessel, which dehisces horizontally, contains many small, heart-shaped seeds.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers