silique

A dry, dehiscent, elongated fruit, characteristic of the mustard family, having two valves that fall away leaving a central partition.

[French, from Old French, from Latin siliqua, seed pod.]

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
  Synonym: siliqua

Siliquae of Cardamine impatiens

A silique is a fruit (seed capsule) of 2 fused carpels that separate when ripe, leaving a persistent partition, with the length being more than twice the width. This classification includes many members of the Brassicaceae family, but some members, such as Capsella bursa-pastroris L., have a shorter fruit of similar structure, in which case the fruit is called "silicle".

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