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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata]
2: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun see pixie I II. adjective see pixie II

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pixy Pix"y, Pixie Pix"ie, n.; pl. Pixies. [For Pucksy, from Puck.] 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.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See pixie