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pyxie

noun pyx·ie \ˈpik-sē\

Definition of PYXIE

:  a creeping evergreen dicotyledonous shrub (Pyxidanthera barbulata of the family Diapensiaceae) of the sandy pine barrens of the Atlantic coast of the United States that has white or pink pentamerous flowers
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Origin of PYXIE

by shortening & alteration from New Latin Pyxidanthera
First Known Use: 1882

Rhymes with PYXIE

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