Noun: pixie pik-see
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
"In the story, a pixie swapped the farmer's tools for magical ones";
- elf, hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp
- Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
"Botanists searched the pine barrens for the rare pixie moss";
- pyxie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata
Type of: bush, faerie, faery, fairy, fay [archaic], shrub, sprite
Part of: genus Pyxidanthera, Pyxidanthera
Encyclopedia: Pixie