Middle English Dictionary Entry
silique n.
Entry Info
| Forms | silique n. Also siliqua, selique. |
| Etymology | L siliqua & OF silique. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The tree Ceratonia siliqua, the carob tree; ~ tre.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.978 : Now..is to renewe The siliqua [glossed: a maner tre] in plaunte & seedes trewe.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.312 : The serue and medler & selyque tre.
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)tab.xxxiii : Sette in November..meddeler, silique, molbury, chiritree, & figtree.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1050/10 : A cod and an hulke hatte siliqua and is a voyde þing of codware..for it is a tree and þe fruyt þerof is swete..and a fynger longe and an vnche brode and þe skynne þerof is y-ete.
Note: Antedates word
Note: Modify gloss--this quot. refers to the edible fruit pods of the carob tree (as well as to the tree itself, which already is covered by the MED entry). Add gloss, "also, the edible fruit pod of the carob tree".--per MLL