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Siliqua
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Siliqua 

(1) An ancient Roman unit of weight or measure equal to 1/728 of a libra (327.45 g) or one-sixth of a scripulum (0.19g).

(2) A Roman and Byzantine silver coin. First issued in A.D. 323, it was equal to 1/24 of a gold solidus. During the fifth and sixth centuries it was used as the basic monetary unit of the Byzantine Empire. With the fall of the Byzantine Empire the sili-qua went out of use.
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The extracts prepared from flowers and siliques each contained at least one basic peroxidase isoenzyme.
Accumulation of a Basic Peroxidase Isoenzyme in Leaves of Arabidopsis ... by TSUJI, J.; DONNELLY, M. / Michigan Academician
In the original male-sterile mutant, the siliques begin to develop, but arrest if it is not fertilised by pollen from another, normal plant.
Making plants make more food by O'Neill, Graeme / Ecos
The extracts prepared from flowers and siliques each contained at least one basic peroxidase isoenzyme.
Accumulation of a Basic Peroxidase Isoenzyme in Leaves of Arabidopsis ... by TSUJI, J.; DONNELLY, M. / Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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