pipsissewa
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pip·sis·se·wa
(pĭp-sĭs'ə-wô', -wə) 
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Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Chimaphila, especially the Eurasian species C. umbellata, having white or pinkish flowers grouped in a terminal corymb. Also called prince's pine.
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Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Chimaphila, especially the Eurasian species C. umbellata, having white or pinkish flowers grouped in a terminal corymb. Also called prince's pine.
[Perhaps Eastern Abenaki kpi-pskwáhsawe, woods flower, pipsissewa.]
pipsissewa (pĭpsĭs'əwä), any plant of the genus Chimaphila, perennial herbs of dry wooded regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The pipsissewas, closely related to the wintergreens, have thick, shiny leaves and pinkish or white flowers. C. umbellata is the common species of North America; its variety cisatlantica is the plant known as prince's pine in the Eastern states. Other varieties are found in the West and in Europe and Asia. Folia Chimaphilae, extracted from the leaves, is a tonic and diuretic used in the treatment of bladder problems. C. maculata is called spotted wintergreen. Pipsissewa is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Ericales, family Pyrolaceae. See heath, in botany.
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Source: Chimaphila umbellata Nutt. (syn. C. corymbosa Pursh) (Family Pyrolaceae or Ericaceae).
Common/vernacular names. Chimaphila, prince's pine, bitter wintergreen, spotted wintergreen, and holly.
Perennial evergreen herb; leaves lanceolate, leathery, prominently toothed; with long creeping subterranean shoots; up to about 30 cm high; flowers pentamerous, nodding, petals waxy, native to Eurasia and northern North America (Quebec to Georgia and west to British Columbia, California); also in Central America. Part used is the dried leaf. Commercial supplies in the United States largely sourced from the Pacific Northwest in recent years.
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