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Meaning of "pyxidium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PYXIDIUM

Via New Latin from Greek puxidion a little box, from puxis box,pyx.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PYXIDIUM

pɪkˈsɪdɪəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYXIDIUM

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pyxidium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PYXIDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pyxidium in the English dictionary

The definition of pyxidium in the dictionary is the dry fruit of such plants as the plantain: a capsule whose upper part falls off when mature so that the seeds are released.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYXIDIUM

aecidium · ascidium · basidium · caladium · clostridium · coccidium · cryptosporidium · cymbidium · idiom · iridium · miracidium · oidium · oncidium · palladium · praesidium · presidium · radium · rubidium · stadium · vanadium

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYXIDIUM

pythium · pythogenic · python · Pythonesque · pythoness · pythonic · pythonomorph · pyuria · pyx · pyx chest · pyxia · pyxides · pyxidia · Pyxidis · pyxie · pyxis · PYY3-36 · pzazz

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYXIDIUM

antheridium · aspidium · chromidium · conidium · cormidium · ctenidium · glochidium · gonidium · hesperidium · medium · nephridium · ommatidium · osmiridium · peridium · pycnidium · pycnoconidium · pygidium · sphaeridium · sporidium · stichidium · venidium

Synonyms and antonyms of pyxidium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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pyxide
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पिक्झिडियम
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYXIDIUM»

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A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions ...
The tall Pyxidium, with very small cuprt This makes it's first appearance in form of a coarse, fcabrous crust, expanded over the earth for three or four inches sometimes, and of a greyish colour. This afterwards' expands into a foliaceous matter, ...
‎1773
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A General Natural History Or New and Accurate Description of ...
_The Pyxidium with scarlet tubercles. 2. The short-footed Pyxidium. 3. The elk' shorn Pyxidium. 4. The tall-branched and jagged Pyxidium. Among those with less conspicuous cups the principal are, r. The thigh-bone Pyxidium. '2.
John Hill, 1751
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A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions ...
Pyxidium elatiur pyxide minima. The tall Pyxidium, with 'very small cups. This makes it's first appearance in form of a coarse, scabrous crust, expanded over the earth for three or four inches sometimes, and of a greyish colour. This afterwards  ...
John Hill, 1751
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General Natural History
The short-footed Pyxidium. 3. The elk'shorn Pyxidium. 4. The tall-branched and jagged Pyxidium. Among those with less conspicuous cups the principal are, r. The thigh-bone PyXidium. 2. The corniculate Pyxidium. 3. The ramose Pyxidium. 4.
John Hill, 1751
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The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence
The persistence and precision typical of husked—fruit processing is exemplified by the three adult C. apella observed in Saramacca, each methodically pounding a Brazil nut pyxidium on a thick branch. Each capuchin employed the identical ...
Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Susan Perry, 2008
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Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla nearly bellshape ; stamens 5, connate ; pyxidium Irasekia. 56. Calyx 5-sepaled; cor. rotate; lobes distant; stum. 5, distinct, smooth ; capsule 1 0-valved Naumburgia. 58. Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla rotate, 5-toothed ...
Samuel F. Gray, 1821
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A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
Stem herbaceous; leaves simple, often not cut, opposite, whirled, or 'spreading.^ / 1»^ >'□□' J Calyx 4-sepaled ; corolla rather pitcher-shape ; stamens 4, distinct, bald ; pyxidium. . . Centunculus. 54. Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla rotate ; stamens 5,  ...
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1821
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Transactions
The pyxidium of Chytroma Ibiriôá, from a specimen in the Kew Museum. Fig. 15. Another specimen of the same, less matured, where the operculum is somewhat umbonated, shown partly in longitudinal section. Fig. 16. One of its seeds. Fig.
Linnean Society of London, 1875
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Allelopathy: A Physiological Process with Ecological ...
... containing numerous seeds; C) Unripened capsule with the ealyptra (c), the pyxidium (p), with a tiny chamber (tc) narrowing at the apex and a lower wide chamber (wc); the operculum (o) covers the pyxidium. D) The operculum (o) retainings ...
Manuel Joaquín Reigosa Roger, Nuria Pedrol, Luís González, 2006
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
This species is based on a single characteristic specimen, which is entirely distinct from anything previously described. It represents a large pyriform pedunculate pyxidium 1.8 centimeters in length and 13.5 millimeters in maximum diameter.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1902

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYXIDIUM»

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Paradió - értékes brazil táplálék vagy inkább táplálékkiegészítő?
Kívülről a kókuszdióhoz hasonlítható termése 10-15 cm átmérőjű és 1-2 kg súlyú. gömbölyded, vastag, fás héjú, kicsi fedővel nyíló toktermés (pyxidium). «HáziPatika.com, Oct 09»
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