A dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting along two sides, A casing or housing forming part of a vehicle, as, a detachable container of fuel on an airplane, verb_ produce pods, of plants, take something out of its shell or pod, transitive To remove peas from their case, intransitive verb_ To bear or produce pods, To remove (seeds) from a pod, To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods