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S0406700 (sĭ-lēk′) or sil·i·qua (sĭl′ĭ-kwə)n. pl. siliques or sil·i·quae (-kwē) A dehiscent elongated fruit, characteristic of the mustard family, having two valves that fall away leaving a central partition as the fruit dries.

[French, from Old French, from Latin siliqua, seed pod.]

sil′i·quous (sĭl′ĭ-kwəs), sil′i·quose′ (-kwōs′) adj.

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n, pl -liquae (-ˈliːkwiː) , -liquas or -liques (Botany) the long dry dehiscent fruit of cruciferous plants, such as the wallflower, consisting of two compartments separated by a central septum to which the seeds are attached[C18: via French from Latin siliqua a pod] siliquaceous adj siliquose, siliquous adj

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siliqua - narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferaesiliquecapsule - a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mossessilicle - short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants

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(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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noun narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae

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