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pyxie

pyx·ie [ píksee ] (plural pyx·ies or pyx·ie)


noun 
Definition:
 
evergreen bush: a low-growing evergreen bush. Flowers: small, pink or white, star-shaped. Native to: eastern United States.  Latin name Pyxidanthera barbulata.

[Late 19th century. Shortening of modern Latin Pyxidanthera< puxidium "small box" + anthera "pollen"]
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