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单词 silique
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silique

[ suh-leek, sil-ik ]
/ səˈlik, ˈsɪl ɪk /

noun Botany.

the long two-valved seed vessel or pod of plants belonging to the mustard family.

Origin of silique

1400–50; late Middle English selyque, silique (<Middle French silique) <Latin siliqua;see siliqua

OTHER WORDS FROM silique

sil·i·qua·ceous [sil-i-kwey-shuhs], /ˌsɪl ɪˈkweɪ ʃəs/, adjective

Words nearby silique

silicotuberculosis, silicula, siliculose, siliculose cataract, siliqua, silique, siliquose, siliquose cataract, silk, silkaline, silk cotton
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Example sentences from the Web for silique

  • The capsule is very long and narrow, resembling a silique in shape, but broad on the outside, and the leaves are pinnate.

    Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
  • Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.

    The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

Scientific definitions for silique

silique
[ sĭ-lēk ]

An elongated dry dehiscent seed pod that is the characteristic fruit of the mustard family. The two sides split off at maturity and leave a central partition to which the seeds are attached.
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