PYXIDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: pyxidia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pyxidium; pyxis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pyxidium" is a kind of...):

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

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