siliqua
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
siliqua /ˈsɪlɪkwə/ (also silique /sɪˈliːk/)
▶noun (pl. siliquae /-kwiː/ or siliques /sɪˈliːks/)
- 1 Botany the long, narrow seed pod of many plants of the cabbage family.
- 2 a Roman silver coin of the 4th and 5th centuries ad, worth
1/ 24
– derivatives
siliquose /-kwəʊs/ adjective.
siliquose /-kwəʊs/ adjective.
– origin L., lit. ‘pod’.
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