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Pyxis Common

Pyxis has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released

2

a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia

3

a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines

4

A small box

Proper Noun
1

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fruit box
Rhyming Words
axis lexis wexis maxis taxis alexis orexis praxis x axis y axis z axis deixis zeuxis coaxis ptyxis rhexis rrhexis pomoxis synaxis hypoxis
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