Found 2 items, similar to Pixy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pixy
pixy
n 1: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves
and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens
of New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn:
pyxie,
pixie,
Pyxidanthera barbulata]
2: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
elf,
hob,
gremlin,
pixie,
brownie,
imp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pixy
Pixy
\Pix"y\, Pixie
\Pix"ie\, n.; pl.
Pixies. [For Pucksy,
from Puck.]
1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also
picksy.]
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2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant (
Pyxidanthera barbulata
), with mosslike leaves and little white
blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it
flowers in earliest spring.
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Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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