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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pyxidium
 蓋果

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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)]