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pírish grass, leaf, bush, brush, plant (excluding trees); 'medicine,' i.e. a preparation for magical purposes, not necessarily including plants; leaves of the tobacco plant
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lexicon ID #4963 | revised Feb 17 2016
pírish • N • grass, leaf, bush, brush, plant (excluding trees); 'medicine,' i.e. a preparation for magical purposes, not necessarily including plants; leaves of the tobacco plant
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akvinpirishpírishhitihan "plant sp., chicalote, prickly poppy"
apxantiichampínishich "tea"
asiktavanpírish "love medicine to get a woman"
avansapírish "plant species having seeds which adhere to clothing; used by men for love medicine"
axaktaktakarapírish "plant sp."
axnat-hichpírish "plant sp."
axrat-hichpírish "a plant, the wall flower"
champínishich "yerba buena"
chinimpírish "plant sp., the cinquefoil"
fukpirishpírishhitihan "Western wallflower"
ikravapuhpírish "wild oats"
imchakapírish "plant sp., California Ground Cone"
imtanasunhanpírishik "a plant, the hill lotus"
ishviripírish "pine needles"
sanpírish "maple leaf"
thukinpírish "Oregon grape"
tikpírish "placename on Offield Mountain"
yuhveenachpírish "a plant, fat solomon"
yupsirihpírish "a plant, brooklime"
yupsitanachpírish "plant sp., the four-o'clock"
yuxtharanpírish "water lily"
piríshriik "brush, brush place"
iheerahapírish "tobacco plant"
Source: WB 1148, p.374
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xás mupírish úkyav, pasáhyuux. And he made his medicine out of sand. [Reference: WB T51.14]
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