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- noun Alternative form of
kinnikinnick .
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Examples
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Sometimes the foreground is rounded masses of kinnikinnik in snowy flower, or again a far-strung growth of the needle bloom, richest and reddest of its tribe -- the Athabaska rose.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The ferns and kinnikinnik and other groundcovers, simmering in reds and oranges, gradually disappear under the daily onslaught of frost and sleet and snow.
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Slide 28: Preparing the Mountaintop • At this center they first make a hole in which they place some kinnikinnik, and then set up a long pole with the offerings tied at the top.
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A mixture of dried leaves, bark and sometimes tobacco, smoked by certain of the American Indians. This word's claim to fame is that it is the longest palindromic word in English. It is more often spelled kinnikinnick, but that is no palindrome. (WordCraft)
May 19, 2008