Definitions for silicle

silicle sil·i·cle

Spelling: [sil-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈsɪl ɪ kəl/

Silicle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in silicle (ceiills).

Definitions for silicle

noun

  1. a short silique.

Origin of silicle

First recorded in 1775-85, silicle is from the Latin word silicula little husk or pod. See siliqua, -ule

Examples for silicle

Pouch, the silicle or short pod, as of Shepherd's Purse, 123.

Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.

Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless.

Word Value for silicle
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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