Category:Pixy

Pix"y, pix"ie, n.; pl. Pixies. Etym: [for pucksy, from puck.]

1. An old english name for a fairy; an elf. [written also picksy.]

2. (bot.)

Defn: 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.]