Word.ws English Dictionary

paxistima

paxistima noun: either of two species of North American plants with glossy, evergreen leaves, Paxistima canbyi or Paxistima myrsinites, grown as groundcovers or low shrubs.

Noun

paxistima (usually uncountable, plural paxistimas)

  1. (usually) Either of two species of North American plants with glossy, evergreen leaves, Paxistima canbyi or Paxistima myrsinites, grown as groundcovers or low shrubs.

Synonyms of paxistima

Forms of paxistima

pluralpaxistimas

Origin of paxistima

From the genus name.

Phrases with paxistima

Questions about paxistima

What does paxistima mean?
Paxistima means either of two species of North American plants with glossy, evergreen leaves, Paxistima canbyi or Paxistima myrsinites, grown as groundcovers or low shrubs.
What part of speech is paxistima?
Paxistima is a noun.
What is the plural of paxistima?
The plural of paxistima is paxistimas.

Words near paxistima in the dictionary

  1. paxillus
  2. paximadi
  3. paximadia
  4. Paxiot
  5. paxis
  6. paxistima
  7. paxistimas
  8. paxite
  9. paxiuba
  10. paxiubas
  11. Paxlovid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: paxistima (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “paxistima.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/paxistima. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.