'Pixy' definitions:

Definition of 'pixy'

From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]

Definition of 'Pixy'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
  • Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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