pyxies

Noun

pyxie (plural pyxies)

1. (archaic) A small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, native to the eastern United States, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss.
   • Here the earth was strangely carpeted. Spagnum, beautiful by reason of rich color; gray-green moss; and the object of our long tramp--pyxie. No botany does it justice, passing it by with the mere mention of its barbarous name, Pyxidanthera barbulata. It might be thought the meanest of all weeds...1892 May 7, Charles C. Abbott, “A Hunt for the Pyxie”, in Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, editors, The Christian Union, page 885