silique

[ suh-leek, sil-ik ]

/ səˈlik, ˈsɪl ɪk /

noun Botany.

the long two-valved seed vessel or pod of plants belonging to the mustard family.

Nearby words

silicotuberculosis, silicula, siliculose, siliculose cataract, siliqua, silique, siliquose, siliquose cataract, silk, silk cotton, silk gland

Origin of silique

1400–50; late Middle English selyque, silique (< Middle French silique) < Latin siliqua; see siliqua

Related formssil·i·qua·ceous

[sil-i-kwey-shuh s] /ˌsɪl ɪˈkweɪ ʃəs/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for silique

The capsule is very long and narrow, resembling a silique in shape, but broad on the outside, and the leaves are pinnate.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

Science definitions for silique

silique

[ sĭ-lēk′ ]

An elongated dry dehiscent seed pod that is the characteristic fruit of the mustard family. The two sides split off at maturity and leave a central partition to which the seeds are attached.