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Pyxidium

Pyxidium Meaning & Definition
Pyxidium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pyxidium?

[n] fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pyxidium: pyxis

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See Also | fruit

Pyxidium In Webster's Dictionary

\Pyx*id"i*um\, n.; pl. {Pyxidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. a ? a box. See {Pyx}.] (Bot.) (a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane. (b) The theca of mosses.

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