Pixy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]