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ihyívkaanva plant sp., the cow parsnip or Durango root; Oregon grape root
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1629 | revised Mar 27 2019
ihyívkaanva • N • plant sp., the cow parsnip or Durango root; Oregon grape root Heracleum lanatum; also Datisca glomerata (Schenck and Gifford, no's. 152, 164).
Literally: 'shouting across'
| Derivation: | ihyívkaanva-a | (= ihyiv-kar-va-a) |
| shout.acrossriver-DEVERB | (= shout-into.water-PL.ACT-DEVERB) |
Note: JPH pla 06:394 calls it 'Oregon grape'. JL