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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space.
  • botany A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
  • botany A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
  • dialectal A weasel, in Suffolk slang.
  • pharmacy A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  • physiology A membranous envelope.

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