silique

2 definitions found

silique - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

silique - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  silique
      n 1: narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family
           Cruciferae [syn: silique, siliqua]