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}.
pipsissewa n : any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila [syn: {prince's pine}]