How to Use seedpod in a Sentence

seedpod

noun
  • From full bloom to seedpod, use plants at all stages to keep things seasonal.
    — Mike Irvine, Sunset, 2018-01-22
  • Small balls of gray catkin fluff blew on the wind, seedpods from poplars, which bloom all over Warsaw in the spring.
    — Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2019-07-29
  • Papaver rhoeas seedpods can be harvested and the seed kept for future plants.
    — Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 2018-03-16
  • Removing the seedpods on large crape myrtles would not be practical.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2019-08-02
  • When mature, the seedpods explode scattering seeds 3 feet away.
    — oregonlive, 2020-03-01
  • Brassicas such as broccoli produce seedpods that are flavorful and can be stir-fried.
    — Barbara Damrosch, sacbee.com, 2017-07-04
  • If fertilization is successful, the seedpods will develop and ripen in a few weeks to a few months.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 2017-07-20
  • The seedpods are prized by cut flower arrangers, and by gardeners who like to shock visitors to their garden.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 2018-04-27
  • For example, some may block large debris, such as broad leaves and long pine needles, while allowing seedpods and other small bits to enter the gutter.
    — Cynthia Wilson, kansascity, 2017-10-01
  • All parts of the plant are edible: The root has a horseradishlike flavor, the long seedpods can be peeled, and the lacy, deep-green leaves are high in antioxidants.
    — Houston Chronicle, 2018-01-05
  • Holding the stick, or occasionally a hard seedpod, with his left foot (parrots are typically left-footed), the male taps a beat on his tree perch.
    — Steph Yin, New York Times, 2017-06-28
  • The subject matter is nominally secular, abstracted from nature: orbs and orifices, branches and seedpods, swirls of wind or wave.
    — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 2018-05-30
  • The pretty white or yellowish flowers have a sweet scent and soon develop into 12-to-18-inch-long, hanging seedpods that take three months to mature.
    — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2018-05-31
  • Researchers observing 18 palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus) in northern Australia discovered that, when courting a mate, male cockatoos grab a stick or a seedpod and start rhythmically whacking a hollow tree branch, producing a steady beat.
    — Andrew Wagner, Science | AAAS, 2017-06-28

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