pyxie

noun

pyx·​ie ˈpik-sē 

: a creeping evergreen dicotyledonous shrub (Pyxidanthera barbulata of the family Diapensiaceae) of the sandy pine barrens of the Atlantic coast of the U.S. that has white or pink pentamerous flowers

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration from New Latin Pyxidanthera

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above