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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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In R. raphanistrum the siliqua is articulated, that is to say, contracted at intervals, and the seeds placed each in a division.
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.
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.
The silicula, of the same nature as the siliqua, but about as broad as it is long.
The siliqua, a long, narrow fruit that splits into two valves which separate from a membrane with placenta on both sides.

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