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chishíhiich a plant, Indian lettuce
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1170 | revised Mar 18 2014
chishíhiich • N • a plant, Indian lettuce Montia sibirica (Schenck and Gifford, no. 86).
Literally: 'imitation dog'
| Derivation: | chishiih-hiich |
| dog-imitation |
Source: WB 305.3, p.331; JPH pla 06:529
Note: So called because children have mock dogfights with the plant.