Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pyxis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyxis \Pyx*is\, n. [L.]
1. A box; a pyx.
2. (Bot.) A pyxidium.
3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See {Acetabulum}, 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyxis
n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: {pyxidium}]
2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and
Antlia [syn: {Pyxis}]
3: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
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