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si·lique \sə̇ˈlēk, ˈsilik\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from New Latin siliqua, from Latin, pod, husk — more at shell : a narrow elongated usually many-seeded capsule that is characteristic of the family Cruciferae, consists of two valves with a false dissepiment, opens by sutures at either margin, and has the seeds attached to two parietal placentas |