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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural pyxides) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, box Date: 1845 a capsular fruit that dehisces so that the upper part falls off like a cap

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. pyxides) 1 a small box or casket. 2 = PYXIDIUM. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk puxis f. puxos BOX(3)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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