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silique

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɪlɪk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: siliqua

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: capsule

Narrower terms: silicle

History

Etymology

From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: струк (struk) — fruit with two carpels
  • Breton: hirglorenn — fruit with two carpels
  • Czech: šešule — fruit with two carpels
  • Dutch: hauw — fruit with two carpels
  • Esperanto: silikvo — fruit with two carpels
  • Finnish: litu — fruit with two carpels
  • French: silique — fruit with two carpels
  • German: Schote — fruit with two carpels
  • Hungarian: becő — fruit with two carpels
  • Hungarian: becőtermés — fruit with two carpels
  • Italian: siliqua — fruit with two carpels
  • Polish: łuszczyna — fruit with two carpels
  • Polish: łuszczynka — fruit with two carpels
  • Romanian: silicvă — fruit with two carpels
  • Russian: стручо́к (stručók) — fruit with two carpels
  • Slovak: šešuľa — fruit with two carpels
  • Slovene: lusk — fruit with two carpels
  • Lower Sorbian: tšuk — fruit with two carpels
  • Upper Sorbian: truk — fruit with two carpels
  • Spanish: silicua — fruit with two carpels
  • Spanish: vaina — fruit with two carpels
  • Tagalog: gitladbunga — fruit with two carpels
  • Ukrainian: стручок (stručok) — fruit with two carpels
  • Welsh: silicwa — fruit with two carpels