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moose-willow
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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
1910
The moose "yard up" for the winter. Their chief food is the branches of the moose-willow. Indeed their name is derived from the Indian word mouswah, meaning wood eater.