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1. (n.) pyxidium
a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
Etymology: (1825–35; < NL < Gk pyxídion, dim. of pyxís, s. pyxid- a box)
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1. (noun) pyxidium, pyxis
fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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1. (noun) pyxidium
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
2. (noun) pyxidium
the theca of mosses
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