Definition for SIL'I-QUA, or SIL'I-QUE

SIL'I-QUA, or SIL'I-QUE, n. [L. siliqua.]

An elongated pericarp or seed-vessel, consisting of two valves, two sutures, and a dissepiment, with the seeds attached to both edges of the dissepiment, and alternately upon each side of it.

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