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pyxie
[ pik-see ]
noun
- either of two trailing, shrubby, evergreen plants, Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia, of the eastern U.S., having numerous small, starlike blossoms and growing in sandy soil.
pyxie
/ ˈpɪksɪ /
noun
- a creeping evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata, of the eastern US with small white or pink star-shaped flowers: family Diapensiaceae
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyxie1
C19: shortened from New Latin Pyxidanthera, from pyxis + anther
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Example Sentences
And inside of ten minutes the club launch has landed us, bag and baggage, on the Pyxie.
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This celebrated pyxie moss is not a moss at all, but a tiny shrub.
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Two or three times Mr. Robert heads the Pyxie up into it and debates about takin' in the mainsail.
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