Associations to the word «Siliqua»

Wiktionary

SILIQUA, noun. (botany) Alternative spelling of silique
SILIQUA, noun. A weight of four grains; a carat.

Dictionary definition

SILIQUA, noun. Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope