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Siliqua   Listen
noun
Siliqua  n.  (pl. siliquae)  
1.
(Bot.) Same as Silique.
2.
A weight of four grains; a carat; a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.





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"Siliqua" Quotes from Famous Books



... of saliva may also be increased beyond what is natural, by the catenation of the motions of these glands with other motions, or sensations, as by an extraneous body in the ear; of which I have known an instance; or by the application of stizolobium, siliqua hirsuta, cowhage, to the seat of the parotis, as some writers ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. I - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin


Words linked to "Siliqua" :   capsule, Ceratonia siliqua, silicle, silique


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