pix·ie /ˈpɪksi/
小仙女;小精靈
Pix·y, Pix·ie n.; pl. Pixies
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.]
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pixie
n 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]