/pik"see/ , n.
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. Also called flowering moss .
[ 1880-85; short for NL Pyxidanthera, equiv. to L pyxid- (s. of pyxis ) box (see PYX) + NL -anthera ANTHER ]