sə̇ˈlēk, ˈsilik noun
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Etymology: French, from New Latin siliqua, from Latin, pod, husk — more at shell
: a narrow elongated usually many-seeded capsule that is characteristic of the family Cruciferae, consists of two valves with a false dissepiment, opens by sutures at either margin, and has the seeds attached to two parietal placentas