Found 2 items, similar to Pyxidanthera barbulata.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Pyxidanthera barbulata Pyxidanthera barbulata n : 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, pixy]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pyxidanthera barbulata 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.] Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]