Sil"i*qua (?), n.; pl. Siliquæ (#). [L. See Silique.] 1. (Bot.) Same as
Silique.
2. A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and
refiners of gold.
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.
Sil"i*qui*form (?), a. [Silique + -form: cf. F. siliquiforme.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a silique.
||Sil`i*quo"sa (?), n. pl. [NL. See Siliquose.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order
||of plants including those which bear siliques.
{ Sil"i*quose` (?), Sil"i*quous (?), } a. [NL. siliquosus: cf. F.
siliqueux.] (Bot.) Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining
to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules.
Silk (?), n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki,
SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf.
Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf.
Sericeous. Serge a woolen stuff.] 1. The fine, soft thread produced by
various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the
worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the
larvæ of Bombyx mori.