kinnikinnick

kin·ni·kin·nick

also kin·ni·kin·nic

noun

A preparation made from the dried leaves and bark of various plants, often including bearberry and sometimes mixed with tobacco, smoked especially by certain Native American peoples.
See bearberry.

Origin of kinnikinnick

Unami kələkkəníikkan item for mixing in, kinnikinnick

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural kinnikinnicks)

A mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.
Any of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark used in this mixture.
He ate kinnikinnick berries.

Origin

Originally spelled with an "l" in the first part (i.e. killikinick, killikinnick). From Unami kÃ«lÃ«kÃ«nikÃ n (“smoking mixture, killikinick").

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