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anúphiich a plant, coast trillium
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lexicon ID #392 | revised Feb 17 2014
anúphiich • N • a plant, coast trillium Trillium ovatum (Schenck & Gifford; no's. 54 and 55).
Literally: 'imitation navel'
| Derivation: | árup-hiich |
| navel-imitation |
Source: WB 142.1, p.321
Note: Also applied to the root of the fat Solomon plant, Smilacina amplexicaulus.
See árup 'navel' See -hiich 'imitation'