Kinnikinnik (Kinnikinnick) is a smoking product utilizing either the leaf or inner bark of any of the below plants, typically mixed with other plant materials, such as tobacco and/or berries.
The term "kinnikinnick" derives from the Unami Delaware /kələkːəˈnikːan/, "mixture" (c.f. Ojibwe giniginige "to mix something animate with something inanimate").
Kinnikinnik: Originally spelled with an "l" in the first part (i.e. killikinick, killikinnick). From Unami këlëkënikàn (“smoking mixture, killikinick”). A wide variety of spelling variants are attested, including forms with "l" in the first part, like killikinick (which are the original forms).
Most variations are 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.
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2. Any of the plants whose are used in this mixture
Kinnikinnik (Kinnikinnick) Any of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark are used in this mixture:
Bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.), commonly referred to as "kinnikinick";
Red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), regionally referred to as "kinnikinick" in Minnesota and Wisconsin;
Silky cornel (Cornus amomum);
Canadian bunchberry (Cornus canadensis);
Evergreen sumac (Rhus virens);
Littleleaf sumac (Rhus microphylla).
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3. Municipal park in Canada
Kinnikinnik (Kinnikinnick) Park, a municipal park in the town of Sechelt in western Canada
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4. Lake in Arizona
Kinnikinnik (Kinnikinnick) Lake is located 61 km south of Flagstaff in North Central Arizona within the Coconino National Forest. Prairies of juniper surround the lake and typically abound with pronghorn.
Bald eagles are often seen
during the fall and winter months. The facilities are maintained under the
authority of the Coconino National Forest.
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5. Shallow waterway in Ohio
Kinnikinnik (Kinnikinnick) Creek is a shallow waterway that is part of the Scioto River watershed, flowing through southern Pickaway and northern Ross Counties in Ohio.
The area through which the creek flows, which includes the villages of Wisler, Kingston and Kinnikinnick, Ohio is known locally as the Kinnikinnick Prairie.
The Kinnikinnick has two
branches, the main (north) branch, and the south branch.
The creek’s northern
headwaters form near the Pickaway County village of Leistville, Ohio, and flow
south to the confluence of the creek’s southern branch, which has its head
waters in Ross County.
There, the creek begins its
west-southwest path until it merges with the Scioto River north of the city of
Chillicothe, Ohio.
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6. Unincorporated community in Ohio
Kinnikinnik (Kinnikinnick) is an unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.
Kinnikinnick is located at the junction of Ohio State Route 159 and Ohio State Route 180, 26.7 km north-northeast of Chillicothe.
A post office called
Kinnikinnick was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1910.
The community takes its name
from Kinnikinnick Creek, which the community is located on.
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