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     Pixy, Pixie  (?), n.; pl. Pixies (#). [For Pucksy, from Puck.]
    1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.]

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    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.

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    Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]

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