silicle

[ sil-i-kuhl ]

noun

, Botany.

1. a short silique.

silicle

/ ˈsɪlɪkəl /

noun

1. See silicula
   botany a variant of silicula

Word History and Origins

Origin of silicle¹

First recorded in 1775–85, silicle is from the Latin word silicula little husk or pod. See siliqua, -ule

Example Sentences

Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.

From Project Gutenberg

Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless.

From Project Gutenberg

Pouch, the silicle or short pod, as of Shepherd's Purse, 123.

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