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Definition of: pipsissewa
(pip·sis′ə·wə) noun
A low–growing evergreen (genus Chimaphila) of the heath family, with white or pink flowers and thick leaves, used in medicine as an astringent and diuretic. [<Algonquian. Cf. Cree pipisisikweu, lit., it breaks it (gallstone) into pieces.]
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