kinnikinnick

/kin-i-kuh-nik/US // ˌkɪn ɪ kəˈnɪk //UK // (ˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪk) //

秦桧

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by the Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley.
- : any of various plants used in this mixture, especially the common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, of the heath family.

Adam had risen early and decked every available spot with kinnikinnick until the room fairly glistened.
He packed a good supply of kippered salmon, and filled his pouch with kinnikinnick for smoking in his black stone pipe.
The Indians filled their pipes with kinnikinnick, or willow bark, and smoked.
The girls tried to assume the airs of smokers, and puffed their kinnikinnick furiously.
In the woods the berries of the kinnikinnick grew red, and on the 181 lawn the mountain ash trees stood clothed in holiday attire.