pyxidium

A botanical term for a type of dry fruit, such as that of the plantain, which is a capsule that opens by a transverse line, causing the upper part to fall off and release the seeds.

• 🇪🇸Tipo de fruto seco en forma de cápsula que se abre mediante una línea transversal, de modo que la parte superior se desprende y libera las semillas, como en el llantén.

1. Seed capsule C2 formal scientific

   A type of dry fruit that splits open around the middle, with the top coming off like a lid to release the seeds.

   • The pyxidium of the plantain opens when the seeds are mature.
   • Botanists studied the structure of the pyxidium under a microscope.
   • The seeds are dispersed from the pyxidium after the lid falls off.

   🇪🇸Pixidio

   Sinónimos: pyxpyxis

• pyxidia plural form
• pyxidia's possessive plural form
• pyxidium's possessive singular form