pyxis
/ˈpɪksɪs/
noun
- A small box or container, often used for storing jewelry, cosmetics, or other small items.
- He bought a small pyxis to organize his collection of coins.
- The museum displayed an ancient Greek pyxis used for holding perfumes.
- She kept her grandmother's ring in a beautiful wooden pyxis on her dresser.
- In astronomy, a constellation in the southern sky (Pyxis) representing a mariner's compass.
- The star Alpha Pyxidis is the brightest star in the constellation Pyxis.
- Astronomy students learned to locate Pyxis near the larger constellation Puppis.
- Pyxis is a faint constellation best seen from the Southern Hemisphere.
- In botany, a type of seed capsule that opens by a lid (pyxis or pyxidium).
- Botanists studied the pyxis of the eucalyptus tree to understand its seed dispersal.
- The plantain produces a pyxis that releases seeds when the lid falls off.
- The pyxis of this flower opens neatly like a small box.