Definitions for silique

silique si·lique

Spelling: [suh-leek, sil-ik]
IPA: /səˈlik, ˈsɪl ɪk/

Silique is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in silique (eiilqsu).

Definitions for silique

noun

  1. the long two-valved seed vessel or pod of plants belonging to the mustard family.

Origin of silique

1400-50; late Middle English selyque, silique (Middle French silique) Latin siliqua; see siliqua

Examples for silique

The capsule is very long and narrow, resembling a silique in shape, but broad on the outside, and the leaves are pinnate.

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

Word Value for silique
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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