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