pip|sis|se|wa

pip|sis|se|wa
pip|sis|se|wa «pihp SIHS uh wuh», noun.
any one of a genus of low, creeping evergreen plants related to the shinleaf, especially a kind whose leaves are used in medicine as a tonic, astringent, and diuretic; wintergreen.
[American English < Algonkian (Cree) name < pipisisikweu it reduces (stone in the bladder) to fine particles]

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