pyxie

American  

[pik-see] / ˈpɪk si /

noun

1. either of two trailing, shrubby, evergreen plants, Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia, of the eastern U.S., having numerous small, starlike blossoms and growing in sandy soil.

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pyxie British  

/ ˈpɪksɪ /

noun

1. a creeping evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata, of the eastern US with small white or pink star-shaped flowers: family Diapensiaceae

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Etymology

Origin of pyxie

1880–85; short for New Latin Pyxidanthera, equivalent to Latin pyxid- (stem of pyxis ) box ( see pyx) + New Latin -anthera anther