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🧚 A playful fairy 🌿 A small shrub
pixy

pixy

1 9.9
A low evergreen bush with small white star-shaped flowers that grows in sandy pine woods
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪksi/
  • US
translation icon : pixie
  • The pixy thrives in the sandy soil of the New Jersey pine barrens.

Examples

  • Each spring, the pixy produces delicate white, star-shaped flowers that carpet the forest floor.

  • Look at the pixy!

  • Conservationists are working to preserve the habitat of the rare pixy shrub.

  • What a lovely pixy!

  • We spotted a beautiful pixy covered in tiny white flowers while hiking through the pine barrens.

  • The garden was filled with pixy shrubs, their star-shaped blossoms brightening the landscape.

  • In early spring, the pixy begins to bloom, adding charm to the barrens of New Jersey.

Synonyms

pixie
vspixy
  • US
1 9.5

A low evergreen bush with narrow leaves and small white flowers

is identical in sense but shows a different everyday spelling
pyxie
vspixy
  • Specialized
9.9

A low evergreen plant with small overlapping leaves and white star-shaped flowers

is the same shrub but uses a different conventional spelling
Pyxidanthera barbulata
vspixy
  • Specialized
9.9

A low evergreen shrub that grows in sandy pine barrens and has narrow leaves and small white star-shaped flowers

is the common name rather than the scientific name

Surface Forms

pixy singular
pixies plural

Etymology

The word pixy for the small evergreen shrub comes from the Cornish word piskie, which meant 'little fairy' in local tales. The plant's low, creeping habit and tiny, star-shaped flowers looked like something a 'pixy' might hide among, so the name keeps the idea of something small and magical.