資料來源 : pyDict

有蓋瓶,小瓶

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pyxis \Pyx*is\, n. [L.]
   1. A box; a pyx.

   2. (Bot.) A pyxidium.

   3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See {Acetabulum}, 2.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pyxis
     n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
          part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: {pyxidium}]
     2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and
        Antlia
     3: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
     [also: {pyxides} (pl)]