(n) creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas, Syn.pixy, pixie, Pyxidanthera barbulata
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
{ } n.; pl.Pixies [ For Pucksy, from Puck. ] 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [ Written also picksy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [ Prov. Eng. ] -- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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