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móhsskʷehsəweskʷ

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brown pistillate spike of cattail [sometimes also used for the cattail plant by synecdoche],

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  • minsəssimínosi same theme: Plant (+1 more) red raspberry plant,
  • mólehpən same theme: Plant (+1 more) yellow dog's tooth violet, dog-tooth violet root ⟨sciname⟩(Erythronium americanum John Ker Bellenden
  • wátapi same theme: Plant (+1 more) fine spruce root (for sewing canoes, birch bark receptacles, etc.) small root of the red spruce are
  • anikəwačə́ssikan same theme: Color blue paint, oil color,
  • anikəwátsikan same theme: Color blue dye/watercolor,
  • aníkəwatəwan same theme: Color blue lactar, indigo milky cap ⟨sciname⟩(Lactarius indigo [Schweinitz] Fries), ⟨/sciname⟩

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