Hudson Bay Tea:
Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Ledum palustre
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Labrador tea
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k'elaakk'ʉyh
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kk'ʉy
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372
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Lit. 'V-shaped branch,' due to the opposing arrangement of leaves
In the Central dialect the bush itself is called łeyeł, and its florescence k'elokk'ʉyh. In the other dialects, łeyeł is used as common designator for all brush, or low bushes, and the plant as well as the terminal flower cluster is termed k'elokk'ʉyh
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Jetté - "Thyrus (cluster) of white flowers of Ledum palustre said to have been used as a substitute for tea by employees of the Hudson Bay Company. The infusion of its leaves is believed to have medicinal properties, and whites occasionally drink it in the spring to 'purify the blood.'
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Ledum palustre
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tleehʉloo daaldloye
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łoo
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419
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Lit. 'That which is on the crust'
Also called k'elokk'ʉyh
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Ledum palustre
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łeyeł
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yeł3::łeyeł
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692
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Most often refers to dwarf birch
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Ledum palustre |
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Indian Potato:
Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Hedysarum alpinum
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wild carrot
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tsoł
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tsoł1
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642
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Especially refers to the edible root of the plant
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Jetté - "The tsoł is good only during the winter, when the natives gather it, digging for it under the snow. It is then round and full, juicy and tender. After the thaw it loses its qualities, becomes hard, woody, and tasteless. It is also used as a substitute for tea or coffee. For this purpose, the root is sliced transversely in segments 1 to 2 inches long; these are divided longitudinally, by separating the fibers, and these are cut again across in small portions, which are afterwards dried and roasted in a frying pan. They are used as tea, in an infusion, and sometimes as a decoction. The beverage thus prepared is said to taste like chocolate."
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Hedysarum alpinum
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nen' t'oh daaldloyee
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nen'1
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475
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Lit. 'those which are underground'; 'underground berry'
Especially refers to the edible root of the plant
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Hedysarum alpinum
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nen' yeh geege'
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geege
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184
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Lit. 'berry under the ground'
Especially refers to the edible root of the plant
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Hedysarum alpinum |
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Iris:
Scientific Name
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Iris setosa
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rattle weed, wild flag, wild iris
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beyee k'edeleloye
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łoyh
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418
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Lit. 'in it something rattles'
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Jetté - "A tall reed bearing coriaceous capsules in which loose dry seeds rattle when the plant is shaken."
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Iris setosa
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meyee k'edelezooze
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soos
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748
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Lit. 'in it something rattles'
"So called from the sound made by its dry seeds in winter wind" --Jetté
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Iris setosa
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meyee k'edellaal
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laał
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383
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Lit. 'in it something rattles'
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Jetté - "A tall reed bearing coriaceous capsules in which loose dry seeds rattle when the plant is shaken."
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Iris setosa |
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Juniper:
Scientific Name
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translations
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Use Information
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Juniperus communis
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tlaa ele'
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eł3
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35
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Lit. 'rock's spruce bough'
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Jetté - used in a decoction to be drank in association with puncturing ceremonies.
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Juniperus communis
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tlaa kk'uye'
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kk'ʉy'
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373
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Lit. 'rock willow'
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Juniperus communis |
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Kinnikinnick: Filed under Bearberry |
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Larch:
Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Larix laricina
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tamarack, larch
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taat'egheł
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gheł5::t'egheł
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245
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Lit. 'in-the-water cottonwood'
Term unique to western Alaskan Athabascan.
"The word is also applied by some speakers, to the t'egheł, or cotton-tree, Populus balsamifera." --Jetté
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Larix laricina
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łaat'aale
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t'aał2
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544
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Larix laricina |
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Lichen:
Scientific Name
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Alectoria sp.
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hair-like spruce lichen, old man's beard
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netsey dogho'
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gho2
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250
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Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
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Jetté - black or dark-gray moss, parasitic on young spruce trees, and hanging from their branches in long filaments. From netsey, the 'grandfather', i.e., Raven of legends, and dogho' 'beard': This growth appears to absorb the sap of the tree, and when there is much of it, even if the leaves are still green, the wood is ready fuel for starting a campfire.
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Usnea sp.
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netseedogho'
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gho2
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250
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Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
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netsey dogho'
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tsey
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637
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Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
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Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
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reindeer lichen
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bedzeyh done'
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don2
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147
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Lit. 'caribou's food'
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Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
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k'odooy
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dooy1
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151
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Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
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k'odoyoo'u
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yoo'1
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717
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Analysis uncertain, uncommon in Koyukon, but widely attested elsewhere
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Alectoria sp.
Usnea sp.
Cladonia sp. |
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Lily:
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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Nuphar polysepalum
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yellow pond lily, water lily rhizome
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kkaalt'odle'
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t'otl
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555
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Nuphar polysepalum
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kkaahełt'odle'
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Nuphar polysepalum
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hʉghaałt'odle'
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Designates the rhizome which may attain the size of a man's thigh, and is eaten by beavers and muskrats. --Jetté
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Nuphar polysepalum
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taah kkʉlot'odle'
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Designates the rhizome which may attain the size of a man's thigh, and is eaten by beavers and muskrats. --Jetté
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Nuphar polysepalum
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fleshy rhizome or root of the yellow pond lily
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taah ts'edone
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don2
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147
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Lit. 'underwater food'
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Jetté - "Eaten by caribous, and by natives in times of scarcity of other food."
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Nuphar polysepalum
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bekenall baabe'
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baabe
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79
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Lit. 'beaver's food or moose's food'
See also Wild Calla.
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Kwaraceius - "Commonly called the "root" of the yellow pond lily, which is edible, whereas the that of wild calla is poisonous to humans"
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Nuphar polysepalum
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deneege baabe'
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neek1
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456
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Lit. 'moose's food'
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Nuphar polysepalum
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taałton
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ton1
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526
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Lit. 'enclosed object in the water'
Pineapple-like rhizome of water lily
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Nuphar polysepalum |
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Marestail:
Scientific Name
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Hippuris vulgaris
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goose grass
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dets'en baabe'
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baabe
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79
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Lit. 'goose's food'
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Hippuris vulgaris
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ch'edot'aagge baabe'
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Hippuris vulgaris
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marestail
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tlaałtl'ughe
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tl'uh
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616
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May also apply to white-flowered variety of Epilobium angustifolium. Etymology not obtained
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Equisetum sp.
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aquatic horsetail
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Hippuris vulgaris |
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