| NOUN | person | pixie, elf, hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous |
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| plant | pixie, pyxie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata | creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers |
| Sounds | pih'ksiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous. | |
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| Synonyms | elf, hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp | |
| Category | folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
| Narrower | leprechaun | A mischievous elf in Irish folklore |
| sandman | An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy | |
| Broader | fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite | A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers |
| Spanish | duende, elfo, geniecillo, gnomo, gremlin, silfo | |
| Catalan | elf, follet, gnom, gremlin | |
| Meaning | Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas. | |
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| Synonyms | pyxie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata | |
| Member of | Pyxidanthera, genus Pyxidanthera | One species |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Spanish | pyxidanthera barbulata | |
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