silique

English

Alternative forms

• siliqua

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪk/

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• siliquose, siliquous

Translations

fruit with two carpels

• Belarusian: струк m (struk)
• Breton: hirglorenn f
• Czech: šešule (cs) f
• Dutch: hauw (nl) f
• Esperanto: silikvo (eo)
• Finnish: litu (fi)
• French: silique (fr) f
• German: Schote (de) f
• Italian: siliqua f
• Polish: łuszczyna f, łuszczynka f
• Romanian: silicvă (ro) f
• Russian: стручо́к (ru) m (stručók)
• Slovak: šešuľa f
• Slovene: lusk m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tšuk m

  Upper Sorbian: truk m

• Spanish: silicua f, vaina (es) f
• Tagalog: gitladbunga
• Ukrainian: стручок m (stručok)
• Welsh: silicwa m

French

Etymology

From Latin siliqua. Compare English silique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.lik/

• Audio

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Noun

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

Further reading

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