pyxidium

• Terme botanique désignant un type de fruit sec, par exemple chez le plantain, en forme de capsule s'ouvrant par une ligne transversale, dont la partie supérieure se détache et libère les graines.

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.

1. Seed capsuleC2formalscientific

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

   Pyxide (fruit sec)

   • 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.

   Synonymespyxpyxis