pipsissewa

Questions about pipsissewa

What does pipsissewa mean?

pipsissewa means "any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila".

How many syllables are in pipsissewa?

pipsissewa has 4 syllables and divides as pip-sis-se-wa under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pipsissewa?

Close synonyms include prince's pine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pipsissewa a common word?

pipsissewa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.