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kinikinnik

kinikinnik is the alternative spelling of kinnikinnick.

Meaning of kinnikinnick

Noun

kinnikinnick (usually uncountable, plural kinnikinnicks)

  1. (usually) A mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.
    • He lit his pipe of kinikinnick, thought before he spoke.1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, Harper Perennial, published 2009, page 70
  2. (usually) Any of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark are used in this mixture.
    • He ate kinnikinnick berries.

Questions about kinikinnik

What is kinikinnik the alternative spelling of?
Kinikinnik is the alternative spelling of kinnikinnick.

Words near kinikinnik in the dictionary

  1. Kinikinao
  2. kinikinic
  3. kinikinick
  4. kinikinik
  5. kinikinnick
  6. kinikinnik
  7. kinikkinik
  8. kinilaw
  9. kinin
  10. kininase
  11. kininases

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