pyxie

Plural: pyxies

Noun

• A small, low-growing evergreen shrub native to eastern North America.
• creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
• Archaic form of pixie (“magical creature”).
• A small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss.

Examples

• PYXIE might seem small, but it fit perfectly for a crucial parallel play.

Synonyms

pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata