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

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves.

To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called als…

A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the pri…

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything…

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…