The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyxidium \Pyx*id"i*um\, n.; pl. Pyxidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim.
   a ? a box. See Pyx.] (Bot.)
   (a) 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.
   (b) The theca of mosses.
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