a broad, dry, usually dehiscent fruit derived from two or more carpels which usually dehisce along two sutures and which has a persistent partition after dehiscence. cf. siliqua Found on http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/help/glossary
(from the article `silique`) ...four segments called valves, leaving a persistent partition that bears the seeds. The valves remain connected at the top. A typical silique is an ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/95
silicula 1. A dry fruit consisting of a broad flat pod divided by a membrane into two seed chambers. 2. Etymology: from modern Latin, 'little pod' from Latin siliqua, 'seed pod'. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/495/2