"silique" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪlɪk/ Forms: siliques [plural], siliqua [alternative]
Etymology: From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|silique}} French silique, {{der|en|la|siliqua||a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure}} Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”), {{doublet|en|siliqua}} Doublet of siliqua Head templates: {{en-noun}} silique (plural siliques)
  1. (botany) 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. Wikipedia link: silique Categories (topical): Botany, Plant anatomy Related terms: siliquose, siliquous Translations (fruit with two carpels): струк (struk) [masculine] (Belarusian), hirglorenn [feminine] (Breton), šešule [feminine] (Czech), hauw [feminine] (Dutch), silikvo (Esperanto), litu (Finnish), silique [feminine] (French), Schote [feminine] (German), becő (Hungarian), becőtermés (Hungarian), siliqua [feminine] (Italian), tšuk [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), łuszczyna [feminine] (Polish), łuszczynka [feminine] (Polish), silicvă [feminine] (Romanian), стручо́к (stručók) [masculine] (Russian), šešuľa [feminine] (Slovak), lusk [masculine] (Slovene), silicua [feminine] (Spanish), vaina [feminine] (Spanish), gitladbunga (Tagalog), стручок (stručok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), truk [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), silicwa [masculine] (Welsh)

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