pyxis vs fruit

pyxis and fruit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pyxis	Yes	No	No	No
fruit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fruit is a hypernym of pyxis; that is, fruit is a word with a broader meaning than pyxis:

pyxis: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
fruit: the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

pyxis (noun)	fruit (noun)
a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines	an amount of a product
fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released	the consequence of some effort or action
	the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

pyxis (verb)	fruit (verb)
	bear fruit
	cause to bear fruit