DCHP-2

red willow DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

  See also: kinnikinik  red-osier dogwood  

  • 1743  (1949)  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. . . .