Pipsissewa

Origin

Perhaps from Cree pipsissewa ("breaks (stones in the body) into small pieces") (compare ᐲᐃᐧᓭᐧᐤ (pîwiswêw, "she/he cuts pieces off someone")), or perhaps from Abenaki kpipskwáhsawe ("flower of the woods").

Full definition of pipsissewa

Noun

1. Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus , that have pale pink leaves; the prince's pine; in particular, the umbellate wintergreen, .