pyxie
/pik-see/US // ˈpɪk si //UK // (ˈpɪksɪ) //
俾斯麦,俾斯麦斯,俾利斯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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