Definition of "seed-vessel" []

• In botany, the pericarp which contains the seeds. See cuts under dehiscence, flax, and follicle. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He has also found a new rose of a beautiful description, having thorns on its branches, and a seed-vessel resembling a gherkin."
• "This family of plants possesses seed-vessels which remain firmly shut on their contents while the soil is hot and dry, and thus preserve the vegetative power intact during the highest heat of the torrid sun; but when rain falls, the seed-vessel opens and sheds its contents just when there is the greatest probability of their vegetating."
• "Red or cayenne pepper is obtained by grinding the scarlet pod or seed-vessel of a tropical plant that is now cultivated in all parts of the world."