Silique

The many-seeded capsule of members of Brassicaceae. Siliques occur in a variety of shapes.


A dry, long, narrow seedpod separating into two halves that fall away, leaving an erect central membrane to which the seeds are attached, as in the mustard family.


A long pod of the mustard family.


A fruit divided into two cells by a thin partition and opening by two valves that fall away from the centre on which the seeds are borne. It is common in Brassicaceae and some Papaveraceae.


 

 


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