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pyx·is

   [pik-sis]
noun, plural pyx·i·des  [pik-si-deez] .
1.
Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
2.
pyx (def. 1).
3.
Botany. a pyxidium.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek pyxís a box

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Pyx·is

   [pik-sis]
noun, genitive Pyx·i·dis  [pik-si-dis] . Astronomy.
the Compass, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is now divided.
Origin:
1680–90; < Latin < Greek pyxís a box, pyx
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pyxidium or pyxis (pɪkˈsɪdɪəm, ˈpɪksɪs)
 
—n , pl -ia, pyxides
the dry fruit of such plants as the plantain: a capsule whose upper part falls off when mature so that the seeds are released
 
[C19: via New Latin from Greek puxidion a little box, from puxis box,pyx]
 
pyxis or pyxis (pɪkˈsɪdɪəm, ˈpɪksɪs, -ɪə, ˈpɪksɪˌdiːz)
 
—n
 
[C19: via New Latin from Greek puxidion a little box, from puxis box,pyx]

pyxis (ˈpɪksɪs)
 
—n , pl pyxides
1.  a small box used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to hold medicines, etc
2.  a rare word for pyx
3.  another name for pyxidium
 
[C14: via Latin from Greek: box]

Pyxis (ˈpɪksɪs)
 
—n , Latin genitive Pyxidis
an inconspicuous constellation close to Puppis that was originally considered part of the more extensive constellation Argo

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