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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kin•ni•kin•nick (kin′i kə nik′),USA pronunciation n. - a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by the Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley.
- Plant Biologyany of various plants used in this mixture, esp. the common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, of the heath family.
Also, kin′ni•kin•nic′, kin′ni•ki•nick′, kin′ni•ki•nic′, kin′ni•kin•nik′, killickinnic. - Unami Delaware kələk·əní·k·an literally, admixture, derivative of Proto-Algonquian *keleken- mix (it) with something different by hand
- earlier killikinnick, etc., 1790–1800
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