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