seed-pods

She stuck through these webs a number of fantastically shaped little dried, brown, empty, last-year's seed-pods, as a finishing touch, then Bob took off his hat.

Archive 2010-02-01 Gumbo Lily 2010

But the kapok's war contribution did not come from the club-like qualities of its young offspring, but from the fluffy fibrous seed-pods that are so distinctive on more mature specimens.

Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008

She stuck through these webs a number of fantastically shaped little dried, brown, empty, last-year's seed-pods, as a finishing touch, then Bob took off his hat.

A puddle of lambs, a frosty doe, and Wings... Gumbo Lily 2010

But the kapok's war contribution did not come from the club-like qualities of its young offspring, but from the fluffy fibrous seed-pods that are so distinctive on more mature specimens.

Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008

However it is the star-shaped pericarps seed-pods, rather than the seeds themselves, that gives it both its flavor and provides the shikimic acid – the chemical compound used in the production of Tamiflu.

Doctor Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

Do you enjoy raking up all those nasty spiky seed-pods?

dustbury.com » Return of the Treelet Report 2007

It's thus ingesting a few seed-pods isn't likely to cause any harm, but it's probably advisable not to eat handfuls...

Urban Fertility: Nasturtiums GreenFertility 2006

It's thus ingesting a few seed-pods isn't likely to cause any harm, but it's probably advisable not to eat handfuls...

Archive 2006-07-01 GreenFertility 2006

One after another all down the sunlit slope these miraculous little brown bodies burst and gaped apart, like seed-pods, like the husks of fruits; opened eager mouths. that drank in the heat and light pouring in a cascade from the newly-risen sun.

First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006

As on a plant whose flowers open at different seasons, I had seen, expressed in the form of old ladies, on this Balbec shore, those shrivelled seed-pods, those flabby tubers which my friends would one day be.

Within a Budding Grove 2003