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单词 siliqua
释义

siliquan.

/ˈsɪlɪkwə/
Forms: Plural siliquae.
Etymology: Latin, a pod.
1. The carob-tree. (Cf. silique n. 1) Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > carob > carob-tree
siliquac1440
siliquec1440
carob1548
cod tree1560
locust tree1623
algarroba1671
horn-cod1682
carouba1856
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 978 Now..is to renewe The siliqua in plaunte & seedes trewe.
2. Botany. A long pod-like seed-vessel.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > pod, husk, or siliqua
shalec825
hullc1000
codOE
hud1398
hulk1398
pod1553
shell1561
shuck1674
orme1688
siliqua1704
kida1722
hose-husk1728
silicula1760
silicle1785
silique1785
silicule1793
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Siliqua, in Botany, is the Seed-vessel, Husk, Cod, or Pod, of such Plants as are of the Leguminous kind.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vi. 13 Siliqua, a Pod, is a Pericarpium of two Valves, wherein the Seeds are fastened along both the Sutures or Joinings of the Valves.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. R7v The proper Siliqua is two-celled, having a partition running the whole length of it.
1861 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) iii. 268 The wallflower seed-vessel is a Siliqua.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 138 Compare the long capsule of Wallflower (a siliqua);..the siliqua of Radish.
3. Anatomy. A formation suggesting a husk or pod.
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1891 in Cent. Dict.
4. A Roman silver coin of the 4th and 5th centuries a.d., of the value of 1/ 24th of a solidus.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman
pennyOE
quadrant1533
as1541
sesterce1541
sestertius1567
dupondius1601
quinare1601
quinarius1601
sextant1601
triens1601
trient1601
assarion1625
quadrans1654
quinary1728
nummus1771
follis1784
uncia1834
minimus1852
semis1853
siliqua1889
minim1896
1889 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 10 95 All the mediaeval standards were based upon the gold solidus of Constantine the Great..divided into 24 siliquae or κεράτια (from whence comes carat).
1927 A. R. Burns Money & Monetary Policy Early Times x. 243 From about the middle of the 4th century A.D. the siliqua, the half of the miliarense, became increasingly important.
1940 Oxoniensia 5 142 The donation of..an aureus of Hadrian, and a siliqua of Gratian.
1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 185 Siliquae were struck mainly by Italian mints for Arcadius and Honorius and by the Gallic mints for the usurpers in control there.

Derivatives

siliˈquaceous adj. of the nature of, suggestive of, a siliqua.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [adjective] > of pod or husk
siliquaceous1744
siliquose1821
siliquiform1847
1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 97 A siliquaceous Aperture, with a Row of Seeds ready to fall through it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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