Definition of Silique. Meaning of Silique. Synonyms of Silique

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Definition of Silique

Silique
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.

Meaning of Silique from wikipedia

- A silique or siliqua (plural siliques or siliquae) is a type of fruit (seed capsule) having two fused carpels with the length being more than three times...
- Fruits can develop out of cross-pollination or self-pollination, and are silique structured, that open at maturity through dehiscence or drying to bare...
- brown, translucent, disc-shaped siliques (not true botanical seedpods), sometimes called moonpennies. When a silique is ripe and dry, a valve on each...
- the tips of the stem branches are tiny yellow flowers. The fruit is a silique one half to two centimeters long upon a threadlike pedicel. This plant...
- slender, 3-valved "pods" resembling an indehiscent silique (in contrast with a true dehiscent silique). Fruits of M. oleifera (drumstick), are a major agricultural...
- are ejected out in a shower due to the tension formed as the seed pod (silique) dries. It grows on walls, open ground in shady places in forests usually...
- Samara – (ash, elm, maple key). Schizocarp, see below – (carrot seed). Silique – (radish seed). Silicle – (shepherd's purse). Utricle – (beet, Rumex)...
- derived from multiple carpels are capsules or siliques. One example of a dehiscent fruit is the silique. This fruit develops from a gynoecium composed...
- with four lavender to deep pink petals. The fruit is an inflated, hairy silique up to two centimeters long. A. deltoidea is cultivated as groundcover,...
- fruit like a siliqua, but stouter, not more than twice as long as wide. silique siliqua A dry, dehiscent fruit (in contrast to a silicula, more than twice...