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Definitions of pyxis in various dictionaries:
noun - fruit of such plants as the plantain
noun - a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia
noun - a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
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| Small box that's patently empty, eleven shillings |
| Casket for jewels, drugs, toilet materials etc. |
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| Feb 6 2005 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
| Sep 27 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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| Botany A capsule dehiscing transversely by a lid that falls off to release the seeds. |
| a small box or casket. |
| a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines |
| a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia |
| fruit of such plants as the plantain a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released |
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Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (contrasting with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis was introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations. * The plane of the Milky Way passes through Pyxis. A faint constellation, its three brightest starsAlpha, Beta and Gamma Pyxidisare in a rough line. At magnitude 3.68, Alpha is the constellation's brightest star. It is a blue-white star approximately 880 light-years (270 parsecs) distant and around 22,000 times as luminous as the Sun.* Pyxis is located close to the stars that formed the old constellation Argo Navis, the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. Parts of Argo Navis were the Carina (the keel or hull), the Puppis (the poop deck or stern), and the Vela (the sails). These eventually became their own constellations. In the 19th century, John Herschel suggested r |