Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyxidium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pyx-i-d-i-um
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.

Example Sentences

"Key to Species of Cariniana Inflorescence predominantly terminal and subterminal; pyxidium without teeth at line of opercular dehiscence."
"The pyxidium has the trigonoidly cylindrical or obconical form of that of Couratari, but it is much thicker, heavier, and more solid in substance."
"The capsule of gold−beater's skin, in which the grubs of the Cione are enclosed, divides itself, at the moment of liberation, into two hemispheres "of a regularity so perfect that they recall exactly the bursting of the pyxidium when the seed is distributed"."
"A fruit of this kind is sometimes termed a pyxidium; that is, a little chest."

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πυξίδιον (puxídion), diminutive of πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s, “box”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -, πυξίδιον

Inflected Forms

pyxidia (plural)

Synonyms

pyxis

Questions

What does pyxidium mean?: A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.
Where does pyxidium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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