seedcase

Questions about seedcase

What does seedcase mean?

seedcase means "the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)".

How many syllables are in seedcase?

seedcase has 2 syllables and divides as seed-case under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for seedcase?

Close synonyms include pod, cod. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seedcase a common word?

seedcase is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.