silique

• siliqua

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪk/

silique (plural siliques)

1. (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.

A short silique-like fruit is called silicle, silicula or silicule.

• siliquose, siliquous

From Latin siliqua. Compare English silique.

• IPA^(key): /si.lik/

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silique f (plural siliques)

1. (botany) silique, a long dry fruit (seed capsule)
2. (numismatics) siliqua, small coin used in Roman currency
3. siliqua, ancient weight equivalent to carat

• “silique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.