PYXIE


Meaning of PYXIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpik-sē ]

noun

Etymology: by shortening & alteration from New Latin Pyxidanthera

Date: 1882

: a creeping evergreen dicotyledonous shrub ( Pyxidanthera barbulata of the family Diapensiaceae) of the sandy pine barrens of the Atlantic coast of the United States that has white or pink pentamerous flowers

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.