See Also: polymethylene(dictionary)

kinnikinnick (iou) and polymethylene (iou)


kinnikinnick (iou)



kinnikinnick noun. , kinnikinik, & Other vars. L18.

A mixture used by N. American Indians as a substitute for tobacco or for mixing with it, usu. consisting of dried sumac leaves and the inner bark of dogwood or willow. L18.
Any of the various plants used for this, esp. bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. E19.

polymethylene (iou)



polymethylene noun. L19.
[from POLY- + METHYLENE.]
Chemistry. A compound, group, or polymeric structure which consists of or contains a chain of methylene groups, (CH2)n. Usu. attrib.