Bible Dictionaries
Pyxidium
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The theca of mosses.
(2):
(n.) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pyxidium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pyxidium.html. 1828.