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Definition of kinnikinnick in English: kinnikinnick(also kinnikinnic, kinnikinnik) nounˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪkˌkinikiˈnik mass noun1A substance used by some North American Indian peoples as a substitute for tobacco or for mixing with it, typically consisting of dried sumac leaves and the inner bark of willow or dogwood. (北美印第安人吸用的)烟草混合物;烟草代用品(由干的漆树叶、柳树或山茱萸的内皮组成) Example sentencesExamples - One of the commonest of its common names in North America is the Algonquian word kinnikinnick, meaning ‘mixture.’
- The men also make up kinnikinnik, our herbal smoking mixture, from herbs that we gathered in the previous spring, summer and fall (uva ursi, mullein, sweet clover, sage and raspberry leaves).
- The council is permitted to smoke sage, sweetgrass, and kinnikinnic.
- The air reeked with the smell of paint, turpentine, Bull Durham tobacco, and the aromatic Indian herb kinnikinnick.
- 1.1North American count noun The bearberry, which was also sometimes used in kinnikinnick.
〈北美〉熊莓(有时亦用于此烟草混合物) Example sentencesExamples - Native Americans used both red-osier dogwood bark and leaves of the kinnikinnic (bearberry, Arcturus uva-ursi) as adulterants mixed with native tobacco - probably for the practical purpose of stretching their tobacco supply.
- Several native species have begun to colonize the now stabilized dune area including Sitka spruce, evergreen huckleberry, pearly everlasting, yarrow, and kinnikinnic.
- I have seen some kinnikinniks out in the wild that do have some pretty good trunks on them, but I have no idea how long it took to get that way.
- In the adjoining mound area, I found Stella Rolph of the Salal Chapter caring for the transition outcropping site of mixed groundcovers, including kinnikinnik with the lovely Linnaea borealis intertwined freely and abundantly.
- Under our grove of old growth firs we planted 10 vine maples, 10 sword ferns, 5 evergreen huckleberries and 5 kinnikinniks.
OriginLate 18th century: from a Delaware (Unami) word meaning 'admixture'. Definition of kinnikinnick in US English: kinnikinnick(also kinnikinnik, kinnikinnic) nounˌkinikiˈnik 1A substance used by some North American Indian peoples as a substitute for tobacco or for mixing with it, typically consisting of dried sumac leaves and the inner bark of willow or dogwood. (北美印第安人吸用的)烟草混合物;烟草代用品(由干的漆树叶、柳树或山茱萸的内皮组成) Example sentencesExamples - The council is permitted to smoke sage, sweetgrass, and kinnikinnic.
- The men also make up kinnikinnik, our herbal smoking mixture, from herbs that we gathered in the previous spring, summer and fall (uva ursi, mullein, sweet clover, sage and raspberry leaves).
- One of the commonest of its common names in North America is the Algonquian word kinnikinnick, meaning ‘mixture.’
- The air reeked with the smell of paint, turpentine, Bull Durham tobacco, and the aromatic Indian herb kinnikinnick.
- 1.1North American The bearberry, which was also sometimes used in kinnikinnick.
〈北美〉熊莓(有时亦用于此烟草混合物) Example sentencesExamples - I have seen some kinnikinniks out in the wild that do have some pretty good trunks on them, but I have no idea how long it took to get that way.
- Several native species have begun to colonize the now stabilized dune area including Sitka spruce, evergreen huckleberry, pearly everlasting, yarrow, and kinnikinnic.
- Native Americans used both red-osier dogwood bark and leaves of the kinnikinnic (bearberry, Arcturus uva-ursi) as adulterants mixed with native tobacco - probably for the practical purpose of stretching their tobacco supply.
- In the adjoining mound area, I found Stella Rolph of the Salal Chapter caring for the transition outcropping site of mixed groundcovers, including kinnikinnik with the lovely Linnaea borealis intertwined freely and abundantly.
- Under our grove of old growth firs we planted 10 vine maples, 10 sword ferns, 5 evergreen huckleberries and 5 kinnikinniks.
OriginLate 18th century: from a Delaware ( Unami) word meaning ‘admixture’. |