peapod /ˈpiˌpɑd/ noun4 •The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen •(informal) The pod and its contents as a vegetable; the mangetout •A small rowboat traditionally used for fishing and lobstering in Maine.A thick-shouldered boy in yellow oil pants and a duck-billed cap rowed by in a peapod, so close to the rockweed he would have seen her if he'd looked up. — 1954 •A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube. formspeapods