Pipsissewa
noun
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Noun
- 1 Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila of prince's pines
- 2 any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila wordnet
- 3 Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila of prince's pines; in particular, umbellate wintergreen (Chimaphila umbellata).
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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”).
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