Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pyxis

3 senses of pyxis

Sense 1
pyxidium, pyxis -- (fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released)
       => fruit -- (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

Sense 2
Pyxis -- (a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 3
pyxis -- (a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines)
       => box -- (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts")