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Pixie : (noun)
1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf,
hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp]
2: 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, pixy, Pyxidanthera
barbulata]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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