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Definition of Siliqua
1. Noun. Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.
Definition of Siliqua
1. n. Same as Silique.
Definition of Siliqua
1. Noun. (botany) (alternative spelling of silique) ¹
2. Noun. A weight of four grains; a carat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Siliqua
1. silique [n -QUAE] - See also: silique
Medical Definition of Siliqua
1. A dry, dehiscent fruit formed from a superior ovary of two carpels, with two parietal placentas and divided into two loculi by a false septum between the placentas. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siliqua
Literary usage of Siliqua
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"One of those words which from their appearance and Bound have been incorrectly
considered as plurals. 2 ' The Cod of peason, siliqua : to growe in huske or ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... xv, 16), translated "husks" (AV; DV), the coarse pods of the locust tree,
Ceratonia siliqua, "St. John's bread-tree". DV "stacte"). ..."
3. A Flora of Shropshire by William Allport Leighton (1841)
"siliqua linear, crowned with the nearly sessile stigma ; valves veiny or nerved.
... siliqua 4-angled and somewhat 2-edged. Seeds in a single row. ..."
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