Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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kíthriip deer brush, "soap bush", "wild lilac"

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3882 | revised Jun 30 2005

kíthriip N • deer brush, "soap bush", "wild lilac" Ceanothus integerrimus (Schenck and Gifford, no. 144, 154).

Derivative (1)
kithripsansáanhitihan "plant sp., perhaps vetch"

Source: WB 894, p.361; JPH pla 06:454

Note: Also identifed as myrtle, Myrtus communis (Schenck and Gifford, no. 154); JPH mat 07:497 calls 'buckbrush, myrtle'. {No Myrtus listed in Munz, Calif. Flora.}


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