pipsissewa
WordNet
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(n)
pipsissewa
any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pipsissewa
(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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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(n)
pipsissewa
The small evergreen, Chimaphila umbellata, the prince's-pine.
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary From American Indian
Usage in literature
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