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Definition of Silicula
1. n. A silicle.
Definition of Silicula
1. Noun. (botany) (alternative spelling of silicle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silicula
1. a silicle [n -LAE] - See also: silicle
Medical Definition of Silicula
1. A short siliqua, not more than twice as long as its width. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicula
Literary usage of Silicula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Journal of Botany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of by William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"Ripe silicula. f. 4. The same with the valves separating, f. 5. cell laid open.
f. 6. Embryo removed from the seed :—all more or less magnified. ..."
2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"Flowers white M. silicula turgid, style very short Cochlearia. silicula compressed,
style absent Subularia. Seeds numerous O. Seeds one or two in each cell ..."
3. Boston Journal of Natural History by Boston Society of Natural History (1857)
"V. LUDOVICIANA, DC. Syst. 2, p. 297; Book. Ft. Bar.-Am. 1, p. 48. V. globosa, Desv.
Jour. Bot. 3, p. 171 & 184, ex char. 11 Stylo silicula globosa glabra ..."
4. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, Or, A Systematic Arrangement and Description by Frederick Pursh (1814)
"silicula emarginata, plerumque pilosa. 524. CORONOPUS. ... silicula emarginata,
obcordata, poly- ma : va'vulis cai ..."
5. A Flora of Shropshire by William Allport Leighton (1841)
"silicula 2-lobed, without valves or wings. Seeds solitary in each cell. ...
silicula with the cells one-seeded ; the valves keeled. Petals equal. ..."
6. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"Fruit a siliqua or silicula, constricted into one- seeded segments ... silicula
two-jointed. Thin tribe contains the genera Cakile, ..."
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