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pyx·ie
noun
also pix·ie or pixy \ˈpiksē\
(plural pyxies also pixies)
Etymology: by shortening and alteration (influence of -ie) from New Latin Pyxidanthera (genus name of Pyxidanthera barbulata), from Latin pyxid-, pyxis box + New Latin -anthera
: a creeping evergreen shrub (Pyxidanthera barbulata) of the family Diapensiaceae that grows in the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas and has narrow imbricated leaves and mostly white early-blooming star-shaped flowers |