The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pipsissewa n 1: any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila [syn: pipsissewa, prince's pine]