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PIPSISSEWA

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Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila

Synonyms:

pipsissewa; prince's pine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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