[kin-i-kuh-nik] 
| 1. | a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by the Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley. |
| 2. | any of various plants used in this mixture, esp. the common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, of the heath family. |
| bear·ber·ry (bâr'běr'ē) n. Any of certain mat-forming shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, especially A. uva-ursi, native to North America and Eurasia, having small leathery leaves, white or pinkish urn-shaped flowers, and red berrylike fruits. Also called kinnikinnick. |
| kin·ni·kin·nick also kin·ni·kin·nic (kĭn'ĭ-kĭ-nĭk') n.
[Unami kələkkəníikkan, item for mixing in, kinnikinnick.] |