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pyxidia

pyxidia


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyxidium  \Pyx*id"i*um\,  n.;  pl  {Pyxidia}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  dim. 
  a  ?  a  box.  See  {Pyx}.]  (Bot.) 
  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  The  theca  of  mosses.