pyxie noun. ['pɪksi] US. L19.
[Abbreviation of mod. Latin Pyxidanthera (see below), from Greek puxidion (see PYXIDIUM) + fem. of anthēros flowery.]
In full pyxie moss. A small prostrate evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata (family Diapensiaceae), of the pine-barrens of the eastern US, with needle-like leaves and tiny white flowers. Also called pine-barren beauty.

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