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kinnikinick definition

☆ kin·ni·ki·nick or kinnikinic kin′·ni·ki·nic′ (kin′i ki nik′)

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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