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pip·sis·sewa (pip sisə wə)

noun

any of a genus (Chimaphila) of North American evergreen plants of the heath family, with pink or white flowers and jagged, leathery leaves formerly used as a diuretic and tonic

Etymology: < ? Abenaki kpi-pskwáhsawe, lit., flower of the woods

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