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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pyx•ie (pik′sē),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyeither 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. Also called flowering moss.
- short for Neo-Latin Pyxidanthera, equivalent. to Latin pyxid- (stem of pyxis) box (see pyx) + Neo-Latin -anthera anther 1880–85
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