Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Silique"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silique \Sil"ique\, n. [L. siliqua a pod or husk, a very small
weight or measure: cf. F. silique.] (Bot.)
An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves
with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either
margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the
dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
silique
n : narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family
Cruciferae [syn: {siliqua}]
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