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fruit vs pyxis

pyxis vs fruit

fruit and pyxis both are nouns.

fruit is a verb but pyxis is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fruit Yes No Yes No
pyxis Yes No No No
As nouns, pyxis is a hyponym of fruit; that is, pyxis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fruit:
  • fruit: the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
  • pyxis: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
Other hyponyms of fruit include edible fruit, juniper berry, May apple, achene, gourd, prairie gourd, blue fig, quandong, acorn, olive, hip, rose hip, rosehip, wild cherry, marasca, hagberry, chokecherry, rowanberry, buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut, capitulum, ear, spike, fruitlet, seed, berry, aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp, drupe, stone fruit, false fruit, pome, pod, seedpod, pyxidium, accessory fruit, pseudocarp, buckthorn berry, yellow berry, cubeb, schizocarp.
fruit (noun) pyxis (noun)
an amount of a product a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
the consequence of some effort or action fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
fruit (verb) pyxis (verb)
bear fruit
cause to bear fruit
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