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单词 silicle
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silicle

[ sil-i-kuhl ]
/ ˈsɪl ɪ kəl /

noun Botany.

a short silique.

Origin of silicle

First recorded in 1775–85, silicle is from the Latin word silicula little husk or pod. See siliqua, -ule

Words nearby silicle

silicide, siliciferous, silicified wood, silicify, silicium, silicle, silicon, Silicon Alley, silicon carbide, silicon chip, silicon-controlled rectifier
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Example sentences from the Web for silicle

  • Pouch, the silicle or short pod, as of Shepherd's Purse, 123.

    The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
  • Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless.

    The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
  • Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.

    The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for silicle

silicle
/ (ˈsɪlɪkəl) /

noun

botany a variant of silicula
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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