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, 22 Jan. 2018
  • 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, 29 July 2019
  • The old flowers give way to long, thin seedpods that add texture and interest to the blooms.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • Papaver rhoeas seedpods can be harvested and the seed kept for future plants.
    — Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Birds, however, turn to it later in the year when small seedpods hanging from the tree can be a source of food in winter.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
  • Removing the seedpods on large crape myrtles would not be practical.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • When mature, the seedpods explode scattering seeds 3 feet away.
    — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Brassicas such as broccoli produce seedpods that are flavorful and can be stir-fried.
    — Barbara Damrosch, sacbee.com, 4 July 2017
  • That explains the papery, peapod-like seedpods hanging from the redbud in my backyard.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • If fertilization is successful, the seedpods will develop and ripen in a few weeks to a few months.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 20 July 2017
  • Make sure to pinch off the seedpod that’s forming behind the flower, not just the withered flower petals—and don't cut off new buds that haven’t opened yet!
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2021
  • An immense leaf and bark drop coupled with large, long-hanging, and frequent-falling seedpods will litter the ground around the sycamore year after year.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • 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, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The flowers are insignificant, but the seedpods are distinctive.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • 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, 28 June 2017
  • After flowering, fuzzy silver seedpods remain through winter.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
  • Carlos Alberto Llauce Baldera holds the green seedpod of a young algarrobo tree as if displaying a piece of fine jewelry.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
  • 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, 31 May 2018
  • Sister Rosalynn Dzikonski, 90, worked on assembling the silver dollar ornaments, in which the delicate seedpods were glued together and the seedpod of a Chinese lantern was added to the middle.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • 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, 28 June 2017

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