ˌdīəˈpensēə noun
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps irregular from Greek dia pente by fives + New Latin -ia; from the five-leaved calyx
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Diapensiaceae) of boreal dwarf evergreen plants with small crowded coriaceous leaves and flowers on short peduncles
2. -s : any plant of the genus Diapensia