Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pipsissewa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pipsissewa
n : any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila [syn: {prince's
pine}]
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