About The Word Pyxidium
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Pyxidium
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Pyxidium: 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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