[Fwd: poison ivy]

[Jimm G GoodTracks]

Melvin GIlmore, (his plant book), has for Poison Oak/ Ivy:
Hthiwathehi (O/P), "plant that makes sore".
jgt

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:28:46 -0800 (PST) Constantine Xmelnitski
<mosind at yahoo.com> writes:
> Here's what Buechel's Lakota-English dictionary search
> on "ivy" yields:
> wikhos^ka thaphez^uta, n. The small western poison
> ivy. Rhus rydbergii.The sumac family. When touched it
> causes irritations, hence the name. It is not a
> medicine plant. Cf. wikhos^ka.
> wikhos^ka, n. A venereal disease of women.
>
> cha~iyuwi iyecheca, n. The Virginia creeper, the
> woodbine, the false grape, the American
> ivy or the five-leaved ivy. The vine family. The roots
> are bad.
>
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