kinnikinic

Variant of kinnikinick

or kinnikinic

noun

  1. a mixture, as of tobacco and dried sumac leaves, bark, etc., formerly smoked by certain American Indians and pioneers
  2. any of the plants used for such a mixture

Origin: earlier killikinnick < Delaware dialect kələk˙əní˙k˙an, lit., mixture

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