Kinnikinnicks

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A collection of various plants used by Native Americans for smoking or herbal purposes
2. A term referring to the leaves or bark of certain plants traditionally used as a tobacco substitute
3. Describing a blend of dried vegetation commonly used in some indigenous rituals or for ceremonial smoking

Etymology: "Kinnikinnicks" is the plural of "kinnikinnick," a word borrowed into English from an Algonquian language, likely in the sense of "a mixture," since such blends of leaves and bark were often combined with tobacco. The singular noun later came to name the bearberry plant itself, whose leaves were among the mixed ingredients.