dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pyx_MW.json
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{
"pyx-jury":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a committee of goldsmiths that makes the trial of the pyx":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"pyx entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103416",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pyxis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a capsular fruit that dehisces so that the upper part falls off like a cap":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pik-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, box":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145343"
},
"pyxie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a creeping evergreen dicotyledonous shrub ( Pyxidanthera barbulata of the family Diapensiaceae) of the sandy pine barrens of the Atlantic coast of the U.S. that has white or pink pentamerous flowers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pik-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration from New Latin Pyxidanthera":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154912"
},
"pyxidium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a capsular fruit (as in the plantain) that dehisces around its circumference so that the upper portion falls off like a cap \u2014 compare circumscissile":[],
": capsule sense 2b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"pik\u02c8sid\u0113\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek pyxidion , diminutive of pyxis box":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212710"
},
"pyxidate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling or constituting a pyxidium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8piks\u0259\u02ccd\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pyxid-, pyxis box + English -ate":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235928"
},
"pyx":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a box used in a mint for deposit of sample coins reserved for testing weight and fineness":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8piks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin pyxis , from Latin, box, from Greek, from pyxos box (shrub)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005732"
},
"Pyxidanthera":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a monotypic genus of low evergreen shrubs (family Diapensiaceae) containing solely the pyxie":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccpiks\u0259\u02c8dan(t)th\u0259r\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin pyxid-, pyxis box + New Latin -anthera":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193411"
}
}