Bivalved: alternatives and connections

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…

Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water…

A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.

shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed

The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.

A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusk…

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus m…

Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.

small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin

A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.

Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.

Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shap…