English → Latin
“pod” in Latin
folliculusa small bellows; a small sack; an inflated ball (for sport)tunicatunic, an undergarment worn by both men and women; a coating, membrane, peel; a military cloakglūmahusk of grain, the glumevīnāceusof or belonging to wine or a grape
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pod
folliculus (of corn, pulse, and grapes): valvulus (of pulse): tunica, gluma (of corn): vinacea, vinaceum (of grapes). To have pods, folliculis tegi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pod?
- The usual Latin words for “pod” are folliculus, tunica, glūma; also vīnāceus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.