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    PIXIE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievousplay

    Synonyms:

    brownie; elf; gremlin; hob; imp; pixie; pixy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("pixie" is a kind of...):

    faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)

    Domain category:

    folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pixie"):

    leprechaun (a mischievous elf in Irish folklore)

    sandman (an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinasplay

    Synonyms:

    pixie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata; pyxie

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("pixie" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("pixie" is a member of...):

    genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera (one species: pyxie; the eastern United States)

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