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What is a siliqua?

What is a siliqua? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of silique
  2. A weight of four grains; a carat.
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The siliqua, a long, narrow fruit that splits into two valves which separate from a membrane with placenta on both sides.
In the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, for example, stomata are found not only in normal location in leaves but also in the seedling root.
Pistachia vera is grown extensively in some regions of North Africa and the Near East for its nuts, and Ceratonia siliqua in semi-arid to sub-humid areas of North Africa produces a fruit which contains 40-50 percent of sugar.
In R. raphanistrum the siliqua is articulated, that is to say, contracted at intervals, and the seeds placed each in a division.
Kalys's carob is a flour extracted from the storage reserves of the carob tree Ceratonia siliqua.
In R. sativus the siliqua is continuous, and forms a single cavity.

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