Pipsissewa

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(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.

Noun

1.

pipsissewa - any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila Synonyms: prince's pine

Chimaphila, Chimaphila corymbosa, Chimaphila umbellata, genus Chimaphila, herb, herbaceous plant, love-in-winter, prince's pine, western prince's pine