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barouge
[var. of bois rouge]
Northwest.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a shrub, Cornus stolonifera, with conspicuous red stems, the inner bark of which was often used in the making of kinnikinik (def. 1).
Quotations
1879
The native carries a fire-bag -- a long leather bag, containing pipe, tobacco, knife, flint and steel, and barouge, the inner bark of the grey willow.
1929
No word was spoken until the interpreter had filled the long-stemmed pipe with tobacco & barouge, or red-willow bark.