noun
- a long narrow seed pod that splits open along two sides, characteristic of plants in the mustard family
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The mustard plant produces a distinctive siliqua containing several seeds.
- Botanists identify members of the Brassicaceae family by their siliqua fruit structure.
- When mature, the siliqua splits open to release the seeds inside.
- The cabbage flower develops into a siliqua after pollination.
- Students examined the siliqua under a microscope to observe the seed arrangement.