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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 Chimaphilaplay

  Familiarity information: PIPSISSEWA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIPSISSEWA (noun)


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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