pyxidium
蓋果
Pyx·id·i·um n.; pl. Pyxidia 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.
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pyxidium
n : fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: pyxis]
[also: pyxidia (pl)]