pyxie

Questions about pyxie

What does pyxie mean?

pyxie means "creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas".

How many syllables are in pyxie?

pyxie has 2 syllables and divides as pyx-ie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pyxie?

Close synonyms include pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pyxie a common word?

pyxie is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.