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pyxie

/pik-see/US // ˈpɪk si //UK // (ˈpɪksɪ) //

俾斯麦,俾斯麦斯,俾利斯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Examples

  • And inside of ten minutes the club launch has landed us, bag and baggage, on the Pyxie.

  • This celebrated pyxie moss is not a moss at all, but a tiny shrub.

  • Two or three times Mr. Robert heads the Pyxie up into it and debates about takin' in the mainsail.