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A '''silique''' or '''siliqua''' (plural ''siliques'' or ''siliquae'') is a type of [[fruit]] (seed [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]]) ofhaving 2two fused [[carpels]] with the length being more than three times the width.<ref>{{cite book|authorauthor1=Hickey, M.; |author2=King, C. |dateyear=2001 |title= The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> When the length is less than three times the width of the dried fruit it is referred to as a '''silicle'''.<ref name="HuisingaMakarick2006">{{cite book|author1=Kristin Huisinga|author2=Lori Makarick|author3=Kate Watters|title=River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hA8KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA241|year=2006|publisher=Mountain Press Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-87842-523-5|pages=241–}}</ref> The outer walls of the ovary (the '''valves''') usually separate when ripe, then being named ''dehiscent'', and leaving a persistent partition (the '''replum'''). ''Siliques'' Thisare classificationpresent includesin many members of the mustard family, [[Brassicaceae]] family, but some species have a shorter fruit of similar structure, in which case the fruit is called '''silicle'silicles'' instead. Some species that are closely related to plants with true ''siliques'' have fruits with a similar structure that do not open when ripe; these are usually called '''indehiscent siliques''' (compare [[Dehiscence (botany)|dehiscence]]).

image:212 Lunaria annua MHNT.BOT.2004.0.779.jpg|Silicles of ''[[Lunaria annua]]'' with– silicles[[MHNT]]

image:Capsella bursa-pastoris Sturm23.jpg|''[[Shepherd's Purse|''Capsella bursa-pastoris]]'' L.]] with silicles

image:Raphanus sativus 004.jpg|Indehiscent siliques of radish ''[[Raphanus sativus]]''

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