Is there way to directly reference to a pytest fixture from a simple (non test) function?

Is there a way to reference (and call into) a pytest fixture from a simple function that itself is not either a test_* function or also a fixture?

known examples that can use fixtures:

1)

def test_mytest( some_cool_pytest_fixture_name, the, rest of, my, args):
    blah
    blah
    some_cool_pytest_fixture_name(args)
    blah

2)
@pytest.fixture()
def my_new_fixture( some_cool_pytest_fixture_name, the, rest of, my, args):
    blah
    blah
    some_cool_pytest_fixture_name(args)
    blah

I want to be able to do this: 3)

def my_simple_function( the, rest of, my, args):
    blah
    blah
    outright.reference.this.pytest.fixture.some_cool_pytest_fixture_name(args)
    blah

NOTE:

from pytest import record_xml_property as property_handler
 ** E ImportError: cannot import name record_xml_property** 

^^^ This in on a system which does have the record_xml_property

My desire is to be able to do something like this:

try: 
     from pytest import record_xml_property as property_handler 
 except: 
     @pytest.fixture() 
     def property_handler(mykey, myval): 
         print('{0}={1}'.format(mykey,myval)

^^^ If the above can succeed, then I can always depend on property_handler being there for me as a fixture.