siliquoseadj.
/sɪlɪˈkwəʊs/ 1. Botany. Bearing pods or siliques.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [adjective] > of pod or husk > having pod or pods
codded1440
shaledc1575
coddy1601
swaddy1611
swabby1659
siliquous1668
podded1682
multisiliquous1690
siliquiferous1693
siliquose1693
hully1727
bisiliquous1731
siliculose1731
snail-seeded1858
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 687 In this Sixth Volume we have describ'd and figur'd 61 Trees and Shrubs, the greatest part whereof are Siliquose.
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 425 This is not a Siliquose Tree.
1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. Misc. Tracts 196 Horses are nicer in choosing than any of our cattle; siliquose and siliculose plants particularly are not relished by them.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 247 A free use of the siliquose and coniferous plants as a part of the common diet.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 149 This is manifest in siliquose plants and in palms.
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 231 Siliquose, bearing siliques or pods which resemble siliques.
2. Having the form of a silique.in combination.1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 9 The siliquose-fruited genera, such as Glaucium and Eschscholtzia.
a. Botany.
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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
1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 83 Capsule siliquose, stipitate.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 235 Fruit capsular or succulent; the former siliquose and 2-valved.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 255 The fertile..[fronds are] divided into linear somewhat siliquose segments.
b. Pathology. (See quots.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > cataract
pearl-eyed1526
cataractous1820
siliquose1825
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil > pustule > of smallpox
interstinct1623
confluent1715
coherent smallpox1724
siliquose1825
1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) III. 85 Under this variety [of small-pox] was reckoned by the best writers the siliquose, or that which consists of soft and empty vesicles.
1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) IV. 234 Schmidt supposed that, in infants, the siliquose cataract might be caused by convulsions.
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