单词 | pixie-puff |
释义 | > as lemmaspixie-puff ΚΠ 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Pixy-puff, a broad species of fungus, Lycoperdon giganteum of Linnæus, such as Puck is usually represented as sitting on. 1859 M. A. Denham Denham Tracts; N. of Eng. 5 A kind of fungus, vulgo a fuz-ball. The same with pixy-puffs. 1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 41/2 In Devon a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum) is called ‘pixy-puff,’ because it was supposed a fairy seat. < as lemmas |
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