Definition of Pyxidium

1. Noun. Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released.

Exact synonyms: Pyxis
Generic synonyms: Fruit

Definition of Pyxidium

1. 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.

Definition of Pyxidium

1. Noun. (botany) A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pyxidium

1. a type of seed vessel [n -IA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyxidium

pythonids
pythonism
pythonist
pythonists
pythonlike
pythons
pyuria
pyurias
pyx
pyx chest
pyxed
pyxes
pyxidate
pyxides
pyxidia
pyxidium (current term)
pyxie
pyxies
pyxing
pyxis
pyæmia
pyæmic
pyæmiæ
pzazz
pzazzes
pœcilo-
pœcilogony
pœnal
pœnall
pœnalties

Literary usage of Pyxidium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Representative species pyxidium ramosum Stokes 1887. ... pyxidium ramosum. X 335. (After Conn.) 185 (184) Without an operculum. Body elongate-ovate with ..."

2. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"130) the upper part of which separates from the lower along an irregular transverse line (pyxidium). VARIETIES. ... Fruit (pyxidium) of red . ..."

3. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"... obtained from a pond at Stoke Newington. Some of the older zooids were a pale amber colour, the younger ones being perfectly transparent. pyxidium ..."

4. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The style is capillar, terminated by a simple subulate stigma, rarely ifid at the tip. The fruit is a small pyxidium, overed by the persistent corolla. ..."

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