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pipsissewa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pipsissewa has 1 sense
- pipsissewa(n = noun.plant) prince's pine - any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of chimaphila, genus chimaphila
has particulars: chimaphila corymbosa, chimaphila umbellata, love-in-winter, western prince's pine
CIDE DICTIONARY
pipsissewa, n. [From American Indian.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
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