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pyxidia

pyxidia is the plural of pyxidium.

Meaning of pyxidium

Noun

pyxidium (plural pyxidia)

  1. A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.
    • Key to Species of Cariniana Inflorescence predominantly terminal and subterminal; pyxidium without teeth at line of opercular dehiscence.1979, Organization for Flora Neotropica, New York Botanical Garden, Flora Neotropica: Issue 21, Part 1, p. 221

Questions about pyxidia

What is pyxidia the plural of?
Pyxidia is the plural of pyxidium.

Words near pyxidia in the dictionary

  1. pyxes
  2. pyxicephalid
  3. pyxicephalids
  4. pyxidate
  5. pyxides
  6. pyxidia
  7. pyxidium
  8. pyxie
  9. pyxies
  10. pyxing
  11. pyxis

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