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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released;
[syn: pyxidium, pyxis]

2. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia;

3. a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyxis \Pyx*is\, n. [L.]
   1. A box; a pyx.
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   2. (Bot.) A pyxidium.
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   3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pyxis
    n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
         part falls off when the seeds are released [syn:
         pyxidium, pyxis]
    2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and
       Antlia
    3: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines