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Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• Almost every imaginable spelling variant is attested, including forms with "l" in the first part, like killikinick. Most variations are very rare; the only common forms are kinnikinnick (the most common form since 1930), kinnikinnik, kinnikinnic, kinikinik (popular around 1860), kinnickinick, kinnickinnick, kinnikinic, kinnikinick (popular from 1900 to 1930), kinnikinik; killikinick, killikinnick; k'nick-k'neck.

Noun

kinnikinnick ‎(usually uncountable, plural kinnikinnicks)

1. A mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.
2. Any of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark used in this mixture.

   He ate kinnikinnick berries.

Meronyms

• (plant): bearberry (Arctostaphylos), red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), silky cornel (Cornus amomum), Canadian bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), evergreen sumac (Rhus virens), littleleaf sumac (Rhus microphylla).

References

• kinnikinnick in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

1. 1 2 “kinnikinnick” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
2. 1 2 “kinnikinnick” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.