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siliqua

NOUN
  1. narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae

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  • The quantity 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 have affirmed. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
  • The driest low plains, with less than 300 mm of annual rainfall, host a semi-arid, shrub-like vegetation where wild olive (Olea europaea), carob (Ceratonia siliqua), and jujube lotus (Zizyphus lotus) once flourished. Cyprus Mediterranean forests
  • The Ceratonia siliqua tree layer in particular is so degraded that it is only represented by a few individuals. Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests
  • Wild olive (Olea europaea and O. maroccana) and carob (Ceratonia siliqua) woodlands and maquis were once widely spread all along the fertile, deep soils of the warmest dry coastal and inland plains. Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests
  • Ceratonia siliqua (the carob or locust tree) is native to the eastern Mediterranean basin.
  • Nine species classified as rare in the Slovenian Red Data Book are also present and include Aconitum anthora, Cercis siliquastrum, Delphinium fissum, Euphrasia italica, Juniperus oxycedrus, Laburnum alschingeri; Orobanche hederae is found only in the Great Valley. Skocjan Caves Regional Park, Slovenia
  • The lowest elevations are distinguished by the predominance of sclerophyllous evergreen and semi-deciduous oak forests (Quercus coccifera, Q. brachyphylla), "maquis" of carob (Ceratonia siliqua), junipers (Juniperus phoenicea), and tree-spurge (Euphorbia dendroides). Crete Mediterranean forests
  • Olea europea, Cerotonia siliqua, Pistacia palestina, Ficus, and Laurel are all very important species in the local human culture. Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests
  • Any acrid drug, as pyrethrum, held in the mouth acts as a sialagogue externally by stimulating the excretory ducts of the salivary glands; and the siliqua hirsuta applied externally to the parotid gland, and even hard substances in the ear, are said to have the same effect. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
  • Here, too, may also be mentioned the presence of an adventitious siliqua within the ordinary one attached along the same line as the ovules, and partially divided by a replum into two cavities. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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