pixy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pixy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pixy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pixy n creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas Synonym(s): pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous Synonym(s): elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
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.]