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pyxidium

American  
[pik-sid-ee-uhm] / pɪkˈsɪd i əm /

noun

Botany.

plural

pyxidia

  1. a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.

pyxidium British  
/ pɪkˈsɪdɪəm, ˈpɪksɪs /

noun

  1. the dry fruit of such plants as the plantain: a capsule whose upper part falls off when mature so that the seeds are released

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Etymology

Origin of pyxidium

1825–35; < New Latin < Greek pyxídion a little box, equivalent to pyxid- (stem of pyxís ) a box + -ion diminutive noun suffix

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