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.
Origin of silique
1400–50; late Middle English
selyque, silique (< Middle French
silique) < Latin
siliqua; see
siliqua
OTHER WORDS FROM silique
sil·i·qua·ceous [sil-i-kwey-shuh s] /ˌsɪl ɪˈkweɪ ʃəs/, adjectiveWords nearby silique
Example sentences 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 LoudonHerbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.
Scientific 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.