Definitions for pyxie

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pyxie pyx·ie

Spelling: [pik-see]

IPA: /ˈpɪk si/

Pyxie is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in pyxie (eipxy).

Definitions for pyxie

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.

Origin of pyxie

1880-85; short for New Latin Pyxidanthera, equivalent to Latin pyxid- (stem of pyxis) box (see pyx) + New Latin -anthera anther

Examples for pyxie

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

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