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pipsissewa
[ pip-sis-uh-wuh, -waw ]
noun
- any evergreen plant of the genus Chimaphila, especially C. umbellata, the leaves of which are used medicinally for their tonic, diuretic, and astringent properties.
pipsissewa
/ ±èɪ±èˈ²õɪ²õÉ™·ÉÉ™ /
noun
- any of several ericaceous plants of the Asian and American genus Chimaphila, having jagged evergreen leaves and white or pinkish flowers Also calledwintergreen
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pipsissewa1
1780–90, Americanism; perhaps < Eastern Abenaki °ì±è¾±-±è²õ°ì·Éá³ó²õ²¹·É±ð literally, flower of the woods
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pipsissewa1
C19: from Cree pipisisikweu, literally: it breaks it into pieces, so called because it was believed to be efficacious in treating bladder stones
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A rich southern wood that once held mayapple and pipsissewa.
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He observed among the wild plants that she had gathered the mottled leaves and waxy blossoms of the pipsissewa and its cousin the shinleaf.
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Some of its kin dwell in bogs and wet places, but this plant and the shin-leaf carpet drier woodland where dwarf cornels, partridge vines, pipsissewa, and goldthread weave their charming patterns too.
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"You have been a long way to get some of those," he said: "that pipsissewa grows in hemlock woods, and the nearest are several miles from here."
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