kinnikinnick


kin·ni·kin·nick

also kin·ni·kin·nic K0071800 (kĭn′ĭ-kĭ-nĭk′)n.1. 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.2. See bearberry.
[Unami kələkkəníikkan, item for mixing in, kinnikinnick.]

kinnikinnick

(ˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪk) ,

kinnikinic

or

kinnikinick

;

killikinick

n1. the dried leaves and bark of certain plants, sometimes with tobacco added, formerly smoked by some North American Indians2. (Plants) any of the plants used for such a preparation, such as the sumach Rhus glabra[C18: from Algonquian, literally: that which is mixed; related to Natick kinukkinuk mixture]

kin•ni•kin•nick

or kin•ni•kin•nic

(ˌkɪn ɪ kəˈnɪk)

n. 1. a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley. 2. any of various plants used in this mixture. [1790–1800; < Delaware (Unami) kələk·əní·k·an]