Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
pods
plural of pod
pods
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pod
• DPOs, PDOs, SPOD, dops, spod
PODs
plural of POD
• DPOs, PDOs, SPOD, dops, spod
Source: Wiktionary
-pod. Etym: [See Foot.]
Definition: A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
Pod, n. Etym: [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
Pod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n. Podding.]
Definition: To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.