pyxis

• (1) تعریف: a lidded vase or box, usu. cylindrical, that was used to store toilet articles in ancient Greece and Rome.

• (2) تعریف: a seed pod that drops its seeds when the lid falls off, as in the purslane; pyxidium.

• (3) تعریف: a lidded box or vessel, such as that in which the Eucharist is kept; pyx.