pipsissewa Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
    prince's pine.

WordNet

Pip*sis"se*wa noun
Etymology
From American Indian.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913