pipsissewa
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pip·sis·se·wa 
[pip-sis-uh-wuh, -waw] Pronunciation Key
[pip-sis-uh-wuh, -waw] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any evergreen plant of the genus Chimaphila, esp. C. umbellata, the leaves of which are used medicinally for their tonic, diuretic, and astringent properties. |
Also called prince's-pine.
[Origin: 1780–90, Americanism; perh. < Eastern Abenaki kpi-pskwáhsawe lit., flower of the woods]
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| pip·sis·se·wa
(pĭp-sĭs'ə-wô', -wə) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Chimaphila, especially the Eurasian species C. umbellata, having white or pinkish flowers grouped in a terminal corymb. Also called prince's pine. [Perhaps Eastern Abenaki kpi-pskwáhsawe, woods flower, pipsissewa.] |
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Pipsissewa
Pip*sis"se*wa\, n. [From American Indian.] (Bot.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine.
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