silique
A long dry fruit, length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and…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.
» The fruit of a cabbage is a silique.
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA 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.
Schote
стручо́кstručók
стручокstručok
- narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
Examples
1 sentencesThe fruit of a cabbage is a silique.
Translations
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Origin
From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”).From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua.
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Forms
plural: siliquesSynonyms
1 synonyms- narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae:siliqua
Word family
4 related wordsSee also
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