siliqua

American  

[sil-i-kwuh] / ˈsɪl ɪ kwə /

noun

• siliquae
  plural

1. a silver coin of the later Roman Empire, the 24th part of a solidus, first issued by Constantine.

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siliqua British  

/ sɪˈliːkwə, ˈsɪlɪkwə /

noun

1. the long dry dehiscent fruit of cruciferous plants, such as the wallflower, consisting of two compartments separated by a central septum to which the seeds are attached

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• siliquaceous
  adjective
• siliquose
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• siliquae
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of siliqua

1885–90; < Late Latin; Latin: pod, carob tree

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Example Sentences

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siliqua siliquae

The fruit is a pod or siliqua splitting by two valves from below upwards and leaving the placentas with the seeds attached to the replum or framework of the septum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

Here, too, may also be mentioned the presence of an adventitious siliqua within the ordinary one attached along the same line as the ovules, and partially divided by a replum into two cavities.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters

When the fruit is several times longer than broad it is known as a siliqua, as in stock or wallflower; when about as long as broad, a silicula, as in shepherd’s purse.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

The Cassia fistula of Ceylon resembles it somewhat in flavour, but the Ceratonia siliqua is free from the medicinal properties of the former tree.

From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Sir Samuel White Baker

In the table on page 258, the number for the siliquae of copper was sometimes in the sextulae column.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Each of these they again divide into twenty-four units of four siliquae each, which they call grenlins.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

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