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PIPSISSEWA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pipsissewa mean?
• PIPSISSEWA (noun)
The noun PIPSISSEWA has 1 sense:
1. any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
Familiarity information: PIPSISSEWA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pipsissewa; prince's pine
Hypernyms ("pipsissewa" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipsissewa"):
Chimaphila corymbosa; Chimaphila umbellata; love-in-winter; western prince's pine (Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb)
Holonyms ("pipsissewa" is a member of...):
Chimaphila; genus Chimaphila (small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east Asia)
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