pyxis

英 美
  • [the Pyxis][天]罗盘(星)座
pyxides
  • pyxidium n.盖果
  • pyxie n.[植]沙盖花(亦作pyxiemoss)
  • pyxis [thePyxis][天]罗盘(星)座
Noun:
  1. fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released

  2. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia

  3. a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines

1. Formerly a constellation in the southern hemisphere lying between Canis major and the southern cross now divided into four smaller constellations carina puppis pyxis and Vela.
南船(星座)从前的一个南半球星座,位于大犬座与南十字座之间,现分四个较小星座,船底座,船尾座,罗盘座及船帆座。

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2. Formerly a constellation in the southern hemisphere lying between Canis major and the southern cross now divided into four smaller constellations carina puppis pyxis and Vela.
南船(星座)从前的一个南半球星座,位于大犬座与南十字座之间,现分四个较小星座,船底座,船尾座,罗盘座及船帆座。

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