1) Fruit 2) Pyxis
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1) Pyxis
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• (n.) The theca of mosses. • (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.
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<botany> 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. ... The theca of mosses. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr, dim. A a box. See Pyx. ... (22 Aug 1998) ...
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Pyx·id'i·um noun ;
plural Pyxidia . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., dim. a ... a box. See
Pyx .]
(Botany) (a) 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.
(b) ...
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In botany, a pyxidium is a capsule with a lid, as seen in the henbane and in the fruit of the monkey-pot tree.
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[
n] - fruit of such plants as the plantain
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pyxis noun fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
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