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pipsissewa

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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[ Algonk.: Creel Prince's pine, Chimaphila umbellata. See quotes.

Quotations

1829-1861 and 1863-1924

Pipsessawa [is] a small evergreen shrubby plant, six or eight inches high, with leaves of a deep green colour . . . one of the articles of Pharmacy among our aborigines.

1862-1863

Represented in Canada by ... varieties of pipsissewa or prince's pine... .

1903

Margat went out and gathered a lapful of pipsissewa to make tea, of which Corney was encouraged to drink copiously.

1930

PIPSIS.SEwA. Prince's Pine ... June-July.