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Silique

//ˈsɪlɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.
  2. 2
    narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae wordnet

Etymology

From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua.

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