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kinnikinnic

kinnikinnic is the alternative form 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 kinnikinnic

What is kinnikinnic the alternative form of?
Kinnikinnic is the alternative form of kinnikinnick.

Words near kinnikinnic in the dictionary

  1. kinnikinic
  2. kinnikinick
  3. kinnikinics
  4. kinnikinik
  5. kinnikinneck
  6. kinnikinnic
  7. kinnikinnick
  8. kinnikinnicks
  9. kinnikinnik
  10. kinning
  11. Kinnison

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