Usually means: Seed capsule, splits along two sides.
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  1. silique: Merriam-Webster
  2. silique: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. silique: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. silique: Collins English Dictionary
  5. silique: Vocabulary.com
  6. silique: Wordnik
  7. silique: Wiktionary
  8. silique: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. silique: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. silique: Dictionary.com
  11. Silique: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Silique: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. silique: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. silique: Rhymezone
  15. Silique: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. silique: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. silique: FreeDictionary.org
  18. silique: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. silique: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. silique: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (silique)

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.

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