Associations to the word «Silique»

Wiktionary

SILIQUE, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

SILIQUE, noun. Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope