pixy

2 definitions found

pixy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pixy \Pix"y\, Pixie \Pix"ie\, n.; pl. Pixies. [For Pucksy,
     from Puck.]
     1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also
        picksy.]
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     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.
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     Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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pixy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pixy
      n 1: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves
           and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of
           New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixie,
           pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata]
      2: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf,
         hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]