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Definition of Silicle
1. Noun. Short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants.
Definition of Silicle
1. n. A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.
Definition of Silicle
1. Noun. (botany) A short silique, such as the seed capsule (fruit) of shepherd's purse. ¹
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Definition of Silicle
1. a short, flat silique [n -S]
Medical Definition of Silicle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicle
Literary usage of Silicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"A silicle or Pouch is only a short and broad silique, like that of the Shepherd's
Purse, Fig. 402, 403. Fm. 395. ..."
2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"A silicle or Pouch is only a short and brnad silique, like that of the Shepherd's
Purse, Fig. 402, 403. FIG. 395. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"silicle globose, or flattened parallel with the septum. a. Plants terrestrial,
or not strictly ... silicle flattened at right angles to the narrow septum. ..."
4. The American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure, Life by Alphonso Wood (1875)
"16, 18 —f silicle flattened contrary to the narrow partition Nos. ... IS silicle
oblong or elliptical. Seeds CO, not margined. Pet. entire or 2-cleft DRABA. ..."
5. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1846)
"Calyx equal at the base; petals entire ; stamens mostly toothed; silicle ...
silicle oval, compressed at the back, flat, stigma sessile ; seeds few with ..."
6. Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1829)
"silicle oval-oblong, many-seeded ; valves flattish, parallel to the ...
Corol irregular, the two exterior petals longest : silicle emarginate, many-seeded. ..."
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