noun
pl. pyx′i·des·- a vase with a cover, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans
- a small box or case
- Bot. a dehiscent, dry fruit whose upper portion splits off as a lid, as the fruit of a pimpernel
Origin of pyxis
Middle English from L: see pyxpyxis
Pyx·isPyxis
a S constellation between Puppis and Antlia
Origin of Pyxis
ModL, short for Pyxis nautica, mariner's compass from Classical Latin pyxis: see pyxWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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pyxis
noun
pl. pyx·i·des, BotanyA capsule dehiscing transversely by a lid that falls off to release the seeds.
Origin of pyxis
Latin pyxis box from Greek puxisPyxis
noun
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere, near Antlia and Puppis.
Origin of Pyxis
New Latin Pyxis (nautica) (mariner's) compass from Greek puxis boxTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural pyxides)
Origin
From Latin pyxis (“small box").
Proper noun
- (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.
Origin
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica "Nautical compass". From Latin pyxis, a "little box"
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pyxis - Medical Definition
n.
pl. pyxides (pĭk′sĭ-dēz′)Botany
A capsule dehiscing transversely by a lid that falls off to release the seeds.
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