SILIQUE


Meaning of SILIQUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈlēk ]

noun

Etymology: French, from New Latin siliqua, from Latin, pod, husk

Date: 1785

: a narrow elongated 2-valved usually many-seeded capsule that is characteristic of the mustard family, opens by sutures at either margin, and has two parietal placentas

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.