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pyxidium

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted diimpuxyStarts with PEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A seed capsule that opens when its top falls off like a lid.

Word origin

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πυξίδιον (puxídion), diminutive of πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s, “box”).

Used in a sentence

  • Key to Species of Cariniana Inflorescence predominantly terminal and subterminal; pyxidium without teeth at line of opercular dehiscence.
  • The pyxidium has the trigonoidly cylindrical or obconical form of that of Couratari, but it is much thicker, heavier, and more solid in substance.
  • A fruit of this kind is sometimes termed a pyxidium; that is, a little chest.

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