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pyxis

noun as in chest

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On the left is an attendant figure of a girl holding a box (pyxis).

On the left is the hand holding a casket (pyxis) of a woman, who had been seated at the foot of the couch.

Utricle (pyxis) of Amaranth, opening all round (circumscissile).

Pyxis, Pyxidium, a pod opening round horizontally by a lid, 124.

So it does in Amaranth (Fig. 387), forming a one-seeded utricular pyxis.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pyxis, such as: trunk, bin, bureau, cabinet, carton, and case.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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