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单词 pyxie
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pyxie


pyx·ie

P0340200 (pĭk′sē)n. Either of two creeping prostrate evergreen plants (Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia) having small white or pinkish flowers, native to the eastern United States. Also called pyxie-moss.
[Shortening and alteration of New Latin Pyxidanthera, genus name : Greek puxis, puxid-, box + Greek anthera, pollen; see anther.]

pyxie

(ˈpɪksɪ) n (Plants) a creeping evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata, of the eastern US with small white or pink star-shaped flowers: family Diapensiaceae[C19: shortened from New Latin Pyxidanthera, from pyxis +anther]

pyx•ie

(ˈpɪk 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. [1880–85; short for New Latin Pyxidanthera= Latin pyxid- (s. of pyxis) box (see pyx) + New Latin -anthera anther]
Thesaurus
Noun1.pyxie - creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinaspixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata, pixiegenus Pyxidanthera, Pyxidanthera - one species: pyxie; the eastern United Statesbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

pyxie


  • noun

Synonyms for pyxie

noun creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers

Synonyms

  • pixy
  • Pyxidanthera barbulata
  • pixie

Related Words

  • genus Pyxidanthera
  • Pyxidanthera
  • bush
  • shrub
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