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Definition of Silique
1. Noun. Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.
Definition of Silique
1. n. 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.
Definition of Silique
1. Noun. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silique
1. a type of seed vessel [n -LIQUES]
Medical Definition of Silique
1. The long, narrow pod of plants of the mustard family, Cruciferae, with valves which fall away from a frame bearing the seeds. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silique
Literary usage of Silique
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"silique compressed, pointed. Stems sparingly leafy from a perennial, tuberous
rootstock; ... Seeds in 2 rows in each cell: silique terete, linear to oblong; ..."
2. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"silique short, nearly terete. Seeds in two rows in each cell. 2. CARDAMINE. ...
silique nearly terete. Seeds triangular. Leaves toothed or serrate. 1-2. ..."
3. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"The silique (Fig. 401) is the technical name of the peculiar pod of the Mustard
family ; which is two-celled by a false partition stretched across between ..."
4. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1846)
"silique 2-celled, stiped, flat, with a seed-bearing margin on both sides; seed
flattish, ... Calyx mostly spreading, equal at the base ; silique sub-terete; ..."
5. Genera Florae Americae Boreali-orientalis Illustrata: The Genera of the by Asa Gray (1848)
"silique linear or linear-lanceolate. Seeds wingless, on filiform ... silique linear,
nearly quadrangular from the carinate- 1-nerved valves. Seeds 1-ranked. ..."
6. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"The silique (Fig. 401) is the technical name of the peculiar pod of the Mustard
family; which is two-celled by a false partition stretched across between ..."
7. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"Calys closed, furrowed at the base, shorter than the claws of the petals: petals
bent obliquely, linear or obovate: silique 4-sided, 2-edged, or sub-terete: ..."
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