Pyxidium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A pyxis.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. The theca of mosses.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, same as pyxis, 9.
  • n. [capitalized] In zoology, a genus of Vorticellinidæ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fruit   
    Variant
    pyxidia   
     
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