: 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
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An average garlic mustard plant can produce up to 600 tiny seeds, which are arranged in long, narrow capsules called siliques.
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Dave Taft, New York Times, 11 May 2017
Dave Taft, New York Times, 11 May 2017
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Etymology
French, from New Latin siliqua, from Latin, pod, husk
First Known Use
1785, in the meaning defined above
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“Silique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silique. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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