Associations to the word «Pyxis»
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Wiktionary
PYXIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae — certain tortoises native to Madagascar.
PYXIS, proper noun. (constellation) 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.
PYXIS, noun. A small box
PYXIS, noun. (botany): A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds; a pyxidium
PYXIS, noun. A nautical compass
PYXIS, noun. (Christianity): The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday
PYXIS, noun. (anatomy) acetabulum
Dictionary definition
PYXIS, noun. Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released.
PYXIS, noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia.
PYXIS, noun. A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.