[syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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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.
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Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pixy
n 1: 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, pixie,
pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata]
2: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf,
hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]