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Definition: KILLIKINICK

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Kinnikinic": Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Killikinick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: KILLIKINICK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Kinnikinic": Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "KILLIKINICK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)