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Word: Pyxie
Speech Type: Noun
late 19th century; earliest use found in Harper's Magazine. Shortened from scientific Latin Pyxidanthera, genus name (A. MichauxFlora Boreali-Americana I. 152; from Hellenistic Greek πυξίδιον small box + ancient Greek ἀνθηρά, feminine of ἀνθηρός flowery)
In full "pyxie moss". A prostrate, mosslike evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata (family Diapensiaceae), which bears numerous tiny white or pink flowers and is found in the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.
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