kinnikinnick

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/ˌkɪ.nɪ.kɪˈnɪk/

noun

A mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.

“He ate kinnikinnick berries.”

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Meanings

nounkinnikinnick (usually uncountable, plural kinnikinnicks)

plural kinnikinnicks

  1. uncountableusuallyA 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. uncountableusuallyAny of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark are used in this mixture.

    He ate kinnikinnick berries.

Origin

Originally spelled with an "l" in the first part (i.e. killikinick, killikinnick). From Unami këlëkënikàn (“smoking mixture, killikinick”).

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APA

kinnikinnick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinnikinnick

MLA

“kinnikinnick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinnikinnick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kinnikinnick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinnikinnick.

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