What is the meaning of Pyxis?

noun

  • Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released.
  • A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia.
  • A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines. .
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