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kíshvuuf medicine root, a root used for spiritual practice, "Indian celery", sweet cicely.
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3875 | revised Jul 23 2015
kíshvuuf • N • medicine root, a root used for spiritual practice, "Indian celery", sweet cicely. Osmorrhiza nuda var. brevipes (Schenck and Gifford, no. 160).
Derivative (1)
kishvufsansáanhitihan "columbine (S&G no. 89)"
Source: WB 889, p.361; JPH pla 06:567, ethno ?:180
See iknish ''