Definitions for pyxieˈpɪk si
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pyx•ieˈpɪk si(n.)
either of two trailing, shrubby, evergreen plants, Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia, of the family Diapensiaceae, of E North America, having numerous small, starlike blossoms.
Category: Plants
Origin of pyxie:
1880–85; short for NL Pyxidanthera= L pyxid- (s. of pyxis) box (see pyx ) + NL -antheraanther
Princeton's WordNet
pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata(noun)
creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
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