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单词 pixie-puff
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pixie-puff
pixie-puff n. English regional (Devon) Obsolete any of several kinds of puffball, esp. giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea.
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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.
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