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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A plant, the bearberry-bush, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, the leaves and bark of which were formerly smoked (like tobacco) by the Canadian Indians, and are still so used by many of the French Canadians; also, a mixture of this kind for smoking. Compare kinnikinick.

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  • Put some of this in your tobacco pipe.

    January 22, 2013