pipsissewa

Noun
Synonyms: prince's pine

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. any of several plants of the genus ChimaphilaSynonyms: prince's pine
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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