English Explanatory Dictionary

pipsissewa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila of prince's pines
  2. in particular, umbellate wintergreen (Chimaphila umbellata).

Word forms

pipsissewa pipsissewas

Etymology

Perhaps from Cree [script needed] (pipsissewa, “breaks (stones in the body) into small pieces”) (compare ᐲᐏᓷᐤ (piiwiswew, “he or she cuts pieces off someone”)), or perhaps from Abenaki [Term?] (kpipskwáhsawe, “flower of the woods”).

Derived words

spotted pipsissewa
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