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PYXIDIUM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PYXIDIUM is a capsular fruit (as in the plantain) that dehisces around its circumference so that the upper portion falls off like a cap.
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pyxidium - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pyxidium. pyxidium (plural pyxidia). (botany) A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.
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PYXIDIUM Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Pyxidium definition: a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.. See examples of PYXIDIUM used in a sentence.
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pyxidium
‖ pyxidium Bot. (pɪkˈsɪdɪəm) Pl. pyxidia. [mod.L., ad. Gr. πυξίδιον, dim. of πυξίς a box: see pyx.] A capsule opening by transverse dehiscence, so that the top comes off like the lid of a box.1832 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) V. 42/1 When a capsule opens transversely, it is called a pyxidium. 1847 W. E. St...
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Pyxidium, pyxidiate - Steere Herbarium - New York Botanical Garden
Definition. A capsular fruit with circumscissile dehiscence. *For more educational content, please visit The Hand Lens and explore our herbarium collections and ...
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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin
pyxidio; pyxidium; a small pyxis; = pyxidula,-ae (s.f.I); “a capsular fruit (as in the plantain) that dehisces around its circumference so that the upper ...
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Scopolia
The most obvious dissimilarity lies in the respective fruits, that of Scopolia being a pyxidium (i.e. a dry, pot-like capsule with an operculum (lid)) while that of Atropa is a juicy, glistening, jet-black berry bearing a superficial resemblance to a cherry - indeed this pyxidium / berry dichotomy constitutes
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PYXIDIUM definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
pyxis in British English · 1. a small box used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to hold medicines, etc · 2. a rare word for pyx · 3. another name for pyxidium.
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Capsule (fruit) - Wikipedia
In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).
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Pyxidium - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
noun fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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Pyxidium Morphology
Pyxidium urceolatum Stokes, 1886 (ref. ID; 1620) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618) · See · Descriptions · Measurements. About 90 um long.
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pyxidate
pyxidate, a. Bot. (ˈpɪksɪdeɪt) [ad. mod.L. pyxidāt-us, f. pyxis, pyxidem box: see -ate2 2.] Having the form of a pyxis or pyxidium: opening, as a capsule, with a transverse slit; also, bearing pyxidia. Also, in same sense, ˈpyxidated a.1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Heath-moss, These [varieties of c...
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pyxis
‖ pyxis (ˈpɪksɪs) Also 5, 8 pixis. Pl. pyxides (ˈpɪksɪdiːz). [L. pyxis: see pyx.] 1. A small box or vase; a casket; = pyx 1, 2.[1390 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 222 Item pro j pixide et tunder, fyryren et broches, j duc. xx s.]1536 Regr. Riches in Antiq. Sarisb. (1771) 190 Divers Pyxides of Ivory wit...
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Atropanthe
Fruit a pyxidium (i.e. a capsule resembling a pot with a lid), the downward-pointing operculum (= "lid") dehiscing to liberate seeds which fall, on ripening Pyxidium turbinate (shaped like a spinning top) 1.8-2 cm in diameter, containing some 40-50 seeds.
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