red willow

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a shrub, Cornus stolonifera, with conspicuous red stems, the inner bark of which was often used in the making of kinnikinik (def. 1).

Quotations

1743

Their is a willow they styl, (misqu pemeque,) or red willow, which makes an Excellent Dye upon bone, Ivory, Quills, or cloth &c.

1873

[We saw] the creeper which the Indians make into kinni-kinnick, when they can't get the bark of the red willow to mix with their tobacco.

1958

Dry red willow flames well.... It is the antithesis of smudge-fire smoke. . . .