Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Silique \Sil"ique\, n. [L. siliqua a pod or husk, a very small
   weight or measure: cf. F. silique.] (Bot.)
   An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves
   with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either
   margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the
   dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.

Source : WordNet®

silique
     n : narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family
         Cruciferae [syn: {siliqua}]