siliculan.
/sɪˈlɪkjʊlə/ Botany.
A short pod containing seed; a silicle.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > pod, husk, or siliqua
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1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. iii. 79 In the first Order Siliculosa, the Pericarpium is a Silicula, little Siliqua.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. R7v The Silicula does not differ from this essentially, but only in form and size.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 14 Fruit a siliqua or silicula.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 109 Silicula roundish or oblong, entire or notched.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 138 Compare the long capsule of Wallflower (a siliqua); the short capsule of Shepherd's-purse Capsell (a silicula).
Derivatives
siˈlicular adj. having the shape or appearance of a silicula.
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1890 in Cent. Dict. XIX. Silicular, in Bot., having the shape or appearance of a silicula or silicle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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