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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  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. 
 
  {Pixy  ring},  a  fairy  ring  or  circle.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Pixy  stool}  (Bot.),  a  toadstool  or  mushroom.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pixy 
  n  1:  creeping  evergreen  shrub  having  narrow  overlapping  leaves 
  and  early  white  star-shaped  flowers;  of  pine  barrens  of 
  NJ  and  the  Carolinas  [syn:  {pyxie},  {pixie},  {Pyxidanthera 
  barbulata}] 
  2:  (folklore)  fairies  that  are  somewhat  mischievous  [syn:  {elf}, 
  {hob},  {gremlin},  {pixie},  {brownie},  {imp}]




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