siliquose

Also sil·i·quous

[sil-i-kwohs]

adjective

1. bearing siliques.

2. resembling a silique or silicle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of siliquose¹

From the New Latin word siliquōsus, dating back to 1685–95. See silique, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

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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