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pipsissewa definition

☆ pip·sis·sewa (pip sis′ə 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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