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Princeton's WordNet

  1. siliclenoun

    short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants

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  1. siliclenoun

    A short silique, such as the seed capsule (fruit) of shepherd's purse.

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  1. silicle

    A silique or siliqua (plural siliques or siliquae) is a type of fruit (seed capsule) having two fused carpels with the length being more than three times the width. When the length is less than three times the width of the dried fruit it is referred to as a silicle. The outer walls of the ovary (the valves) usually separate when ripe, then being named dehiscent, and leaving a persistent partition (the replum). Siliques are present in many members of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, but some species have silicles instead. Some species closely related to plants with true siliques have fruits with a similar structure that do not open when ripe; these are usually called indehiscent siliques (compare dehiscence).

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  1. silicle

    A silicle is a type of fruit (specifically a type of capsule) found in plants of the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae). It is a short, flattened pod, usually less than twice as long as it is broad, that splits along two lateral seams. It typically contains a few to several seeds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Siliclenoun

    a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique

  2. Etymology: [L. silicula, dim. of siliqua a pod or husk: cf. F. silicule.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of silicle in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of silicle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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