pyxis
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1. a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | box, |
definition | : | a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid (noun.artifact) |
2. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia (noun.object)
instance hypernym | : | constellation, |
definition | : | a configuration of stars as seen from the earth (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | argo, |
definition | : | formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela (noun.object) |
3. fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | fruit, |
definition | : | the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant (noun.plant) |
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