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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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