siliquose
Americanadjective
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bearing siliques.
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resembling a silique or silicle.
Etymology
Origin of siliquose
From the New Latin word siliquōsus, dating back to 1685–95. See silique, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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Siliquose, bearing siliques or pods which resemble siliques.
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The whole tribe is termed lepidium, or "siliquose," scaly, with reference to the shape of the seed-pouches.
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It is one-celled siliquose, and pulpy within, wrinkled on the outside, and full of a vast number of seeds like grains of sand, having when properly prepared, a peculiar and delicious fragrance.
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Angiocarpeae--ovicells enclosed in siliquose, costate receptacles.
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Adj. capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous.
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