Pixy
Pixy , noun
[For Pucksy, from Puck.]
1.
An old English name for a fairy; an elf.
2.
(Botany) 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.
Collocations (2)
Pixy ring , a fairy ring or circle. [Provincial English]
Pixy stool (Botany) , a toadstool or mushroom. [Provincial English]
Also: Pixie