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Pyxie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of pixie (“magical creature”). alt-of, archaic
  2. 2
    A small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, native to the eastern United States, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss. archaic

    "Here the earth was strangely carpeted. Spagnum, beautiful by reason of rich color; gray-green moss; and the object of our long tramp--pyxie. No botany does it justice, passing it by with the mere mention of its barbarous name, Pyxidanthera barbulata. It might be thought the meanest of all weeds, but is, in truth, the chiefest glory of this wonderful region."

  3. 3
    creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

See pixie.

Etymology 2

Shortening of taxonomic name Pyxidanthera.

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