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hl'er-keech

Dictionary entry

hl'er-keechn • large wild rose with big hips

Lexicon record # 1572 | Source reference(s): WF(ALK10:77) R219
Semantic domain: plants and trees

According to Weitchpec Frank (ALK10:77), hl'erkeech "was not eaten by [the] old people, because sharks [kaames] in the river, who eat drowned people, see them inside the stomach, and catch a swimmer who has eaten them."