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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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(səˈlik, ˈsɪl ɪk)

n. the long two-valved seed vessel or pod of plants belonging to the mustard family. [1400–50; < Latin siliqua pod]

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Noun

silique - narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferaesiliquacapsule - 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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[si′lēk] (botany) A silicle-like capsule, but usually at least four times as long as it is wide, which opens by sutures at either margin and has parietal placentation.

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the dry psuedo-bilocular paracarpous fruit of most plants of the family Cruciferae. A silique is formed from two carpels and is usually dehiscent by two valves from the base to the apex. What remains on the plant are the placentas and a more or less transparent false-disseptiment. Indehiscent siliques (garden radish) and jointed siliques (wild radish) are less common.

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Synonyms for silique

noun narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae

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