Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Pod (-s)
pod (-s), n. [Origin unknown.] (webplay: seed, thread).
- Shell; cocoon; seed casing; exterior hull; outer covering; protective sac which allows its contents to grow and develop.
- [Fig.] nest; house; habitation.
- [Fig.] tomb; grave; casket; sepulcher.
- [Fig.] origin; impetus; source; wellspring; starting point.
- Phrase. “In pod”: preparing to bloom.
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