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silique |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: silique n : narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae [syn: {siliqua}]
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