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‖ silicula Bot.|sɪˈlɪkjʊlə|
[L., dim. of siliqua.]
A short pod containing seed; a silicle.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. iii. (1765) 79 In the first order Siliculosa, the Pericarpium is a Silicula, little Siliqua. 1793Martyn Lang. Bot. s.v. Siliqua, The Silicula does not differ from this essentially, but only in form and size. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 14 Fruit a siliqua or silicula. 1847W. E. Steele Field Bot. 109 Silicula roundish or oblong, entire or notched. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 138 Compare the long capsule of Wallflower (a siliqua); the short capsule of Shepherd's-purse Capsell (a silicula).
Hence siˈlicular a., ‘having the shape or appearance of a silicula’ (Cent. Dict. 1891). |