Dictionary entry
hl'er-keech • n • 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."