1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
   "In the story, a pixy swapped the farmer's tools for magical ones";
   - elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, brownie, imp
    
2. 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 pixy moss";
   - pyxie, pixie, Pyxidanthera barbulata

Derived forms: pixies

Type of: bush, faerie, faery, fairy, fay [archaic], shrub, sprite

Part of: genus Pyxidanthera, Pyxidanthera

Encyclopedia: Pixy