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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 carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, had been cultivated in the Mediterranean for thousands of years, providing sustenance for animals in the flush years, for humans in the lean.
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.
In the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, for example, stomata are found not only in normal location in leaves but also in the seedling root.
The siliqua, a long, narrow fruit that splits into two valves which separate from a membrane with placenta on both sides.
In R. raphanistrum the siliqua is articulated, that is to say, contracted at intervals, and the seeds placed each in a division.

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