chimaphila umbellata

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chimaphila umbellata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pipsissewa \Pip*sis"se*wa\, n. [From American Indian.] (Bot.)
     A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow,
     wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding
     fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases.
     Called also prince's pine.
     [1913 Webster]

chimaphila umbellata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chimaphila umbellata
      n 1: Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal
           corymb [syn: love-in-winter, western prince's pine,
           Chimaphila umbellata, Chimaphila corymbosa]