单词 | pipsissewa |
释义 | pipsissewan. A North American and Eurasian plant with trailing stems and whorls of evergreen leaves, Chimaphila umbellata (family Pyrolaceae; also called prince's pine). Formerly also: †a preparation of the leaves of this plant (or those of spotted wintergreen, C. maculata), used as a diuretic and astringent (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ericaceae (wintergreen and allies) > [noun] wintergreen1525 pyrola1527 limonium1548 rheumatism weed1785 pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 king-cure1817 shin-leaf1845 wood-lily1884 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > diuretic > plant-derived pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 scoparin1850 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic > plant-derived hypocistisa1425 red sanders1553 sarsaparilla1577 langue de boeuf1615 sarsa1625 zerumbet1640 Winter's cinnamon1673 cascarilla1686 Winteran bark1694 simarouba1733 hypocist1751 Oswego tea1752 yellowroot1755 calumba1789 pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 strychnine1819 strychnia1823 false Winter's bark1830 strychnina1838 musk root1844 sumbul root1844 chirayta1847 Cusparia1852 phytin1905 boldo1908 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 p. xvii An infusion of the plant Pyrola maculata has been frequently used for some years in Pennsylvania, under the name of pipsiseva. 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis I. 300 Chimaphila..is in high esteem for its medicinal qualities among the natives, they call it Sip-si-sewa. 1818 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 2) 203 General Varnum says the umbellata is the Sipsisewa or Pipsisewa and is highly efficacious in the Cure of cancers. 1818 Mass. Spy 25 Feb. [On the Schuylkill, the Indians] procured the herb called by them Phipsissiway, in great plenty... I informed him that we had given Phipsissiway tea, very strong, and as hot as he could drink. 1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 433 We contributed a basket-full of ground-pine..with some glittering club-moss, and glossy pipsissiwa, for our share. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 499 Pipsissewa is probably about equivalent to uva ursi in its therapeutic value. 1894 C. P. Traill Pearls & Pebbles 136 The Pipsissewa or ‘Rheumatism Weed’ of the herbalist, with the glossy shining leaves and lovely wax-like pink flowers. 1908 ‘O. Henry’ Voice of City 150 'Tis a bit of tea will do ye good, made from pipsissewa and gentian bark at the druggist's. 1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 953 Conspicuous flowering plants are:..Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora); Pipsisewa (Chimaphila umbellata, var. occidentalis); [etc.]. 1940 E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-naturalist 121 I drank pipsissewa tea from time to time, but fear it had little value. 1961 E. Wilson Night Thoughts 163 I remember, too, the waxy pipsissewa and the livid-white Indian pipe which seemed so much the appropriate flowerings of those silent and monotonous woods. 1995 Home Style & Gardening June–July 118/2 If you like evergreens, try..partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) and pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793 |
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