PYXIDIUM


Meaning of PYXIDIUM in English

/pik sid"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. pyxidia /pik sid"ee euh/ . Bot.

a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.

[ 1825-35; pyxídion a little box, equiv. to pyxid- (s. of pyxís ) a box + -ion dim. n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .