PYXIE Definition & Meaning

pyxie

[ pik-see ]

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noun

either 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.

pyxie

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noun

a creeping evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata, of the eastern US with small white or pink star-shaped flowers: family Diapensiaceae

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pyxie¹

1880–85; short for New Latin Pyxidanthera, equivalent to Latin pyxid- (stem of pyxis ) box ( pyx ) + New Latin -anthera anther

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pyxie¹

C19: shortened from New Latin Pyxidanthera, from pyxis + anther

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“Some of these things, like the pyxie moss from the Pine Barrens, are thought to be in cultivation in a botanical garden for the first time,” Mr. Lorimer said.

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Genetic diversity can exist even within a single species in the same region, like pyxie moss, a threatened plant that grows in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

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Or carpets of pyxie moss flourishing in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

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