Dictionary · Plants and medicines
Plants and medicines
217 words
- (crataegus punctata var. aurea)Ohì:kta wahyarà:ken
- (crataegus punctata)Ohi'kta'kó:wa
- (Fragaria Americana /virginiana)Ken'niyohontésha
- (has a dark heart in the middle of the leaf)aweryahsarónyon
- (robus sp.)Teyoterenhá:kton
- alder (alnus incana)Owí:ra
- alder tongueOnò:tsya
- American / white elmAkará:tsi
- American bulrush (scirpus americanus)Onó:ta nè:ne kanyatarà:ke watón:nis
- American wild mint, field mint (mentha canadensis)Ye'tonhkwanóhstáhkwa
- aspenO'nerahtón:ta
- aspenOnerahtón:ta
- balsam fir (abies balsamea)Otshohkó:ton
- basswood, linden (tilia americana)Ohóhsera
- beaked hazel or filbert (corylus cornuta)Ohsóhit
- beggar-ticks (bidens sp.)Tekontitsi'é:ronte
- bitternut (carya cordiformis)O'nón:na
- bitternut hickoryOntsí:kahwe
- bittersweet celastrus (scandens)Ta'tatá:se
- black ashÉhsa
- black cherryOrikkó:wa
- black cherryE:ri'kó:wa
- black cherry (prunus serotina) wildÉ:ri
- black eye susanTeyohontáthe
- black raspberriesTeyoternhá:'kton
- blood rootTekané:kwaks
- blue beechYotenakaratí:wen
- blue cohoshKarhakón:ha
- blue iris, blue flag (iris versicolor)Orón:ya niyotsi'tsyò:ten onó:ta
- blue vervain (verbena hastate)Orón:ya niyotahsò:ten
- blueweed, viper's-bugloos (echium vulgare)Onon'ónhkwa
- bonesetteyonerahtawe'éhston
- bracken fernteyohtehrí:sere
- briar rose (rosa elanteria)Yako'tanentáktha
- brine picklesonon'ónsera ens tehatihyo'tsistárho
- broad leaf arrowhead (sagittaria latifolia)Arihwawà:kon raonòn:warore
- broad-fruited bur-reed (sparganium eurcarpum)Ohsa'kén:ta
- broadleaf spiraea (spiraea latifolia)Onkwehón:we ako tí
- bull thistle (cirsium lanceolatum)Ohnyonwara'kó:wa
- burdockohrohte'kó:wa
- buttercup (ranunculs acris)Yontatenekatáhstha
- butternutTyohwá:ta
- butternutKyewhá:ta
- butternut, white walnut (juglans cinerea)Tyehá:ta
- Canada fleabane (erigeron Canadensis)Ohontaká:yon
- Canada goldenrod (solidago canadensis)Teyoterenhà:kton
- Canada waterweed (anacharis Canadensis)Aweráhsa
- Canada yew (taxus Canadensis)Onen'tyón:ni
- canker root (coptis groenlandica)Otsí:nekwar nikahtehrò:ten
- cat niptakós aotíhonte
- cat niptakos kontineráhta'ks
- catnip (nepeta cataria)Takòs aotíhonte
- chickweed (stellaria media)Kanakenhseró:roks
- chicoryOrón:ya niyotsi'tsyò:ten
- choke cherry (prunus virginiana)Teyakonya'tawén:'eks
- chokecherryTyakonya'tawén:'eks
- climbing bittersweet (celastrus scandens)Yota'tatá:se
- cloverAshen niyonerahtó:ken
- coltsfootTsyonehswénrye
- common gromwell (lithospermum officinale)Yotinehtaróhare
- common ladies slipper (cypripedium acaule)Nè:ne ronón:kwe raotinónhkwa
- common milkweed (asclepias syriaca)Otshewèn:ta
- common mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)Teyonenhontákwen
- common mullein, feltwood, flannel-flowerÓtkon raoyèn:kwa
- common mullein, feltwood, flannel-flower (verbascum thapsus)Karisé:
- common smartweed (polygonum hydropier)Tyononhkwà:tsheros
- cone hangingyonenhkwén:'on
- cottonwood (populus detoides)Onerahtonta'kó:wa
- cow-parsnip (heracleum lanatum)Tsyotakarénnyon
- cow-vetch (vicia cracca)Onékwa
- cranesbillTsistáhkwat
- creeping thistle (cirsium lanceolatum)Ohnyón:wara
- daisy (chrysanthemum leucanthemum)Onekerà:ke watón:nis
- dandelionKahonyotón:ta
- dandelionKahonro'tótha
- dandelionOtsí:nekwar nikatsi'tsyò:ten
- duckweed (lemna trisulca)Teyohontahí:'on
- Dutchman's breechesÉhskenhn akó:nenhste
- elecampaneteyaonhwentsyón:ko
- elecampane (inula helenium)Yotsistohkwaróhare
- everlasting (anaphalis mararitacea)Kahyatónhsera yotsí:tsyonte
- false Solomon's seal (racemosa)kitkit ohéha
- fernonitskerónhkwa
- fiddleheadkahtehrahón:tsi
- fireweedtkahontékha
- flowering fern (osmunda regalis)Yaonhakèn:ra
- flowering rush (butomus umbellatus)Atsya'tóntye watón:nis
- fragrant water lily (nymphaea odorata)Rararónh raotsì:tsya nè:ne kenrà:ken
- giant puffballaweráhsa tewatenon'ónkwas
- ginsengKanó:ta
- ginsengTekáhtehró:ken
- ginseng (panex quinquefolium)Tekaren'tó:ken
- ginseng Panax (quinquefolium)tekarentó:ken
- goldenrodOtsí:nekwar niyotsi'tsyò:ten
- goldthread coptis (groenlandica)Otsí:nekwar nikahtehrò:ten
- great aspenonerahtontahkó:wa
- great ragweedTsitha aotikhwa
- greater celandine (chelidonium majus)Teyohontáksen
- greater plantain, rat-tail plantainAtenhnéha
- greater plantain, rat-tail plantain (plantago major)Teyohahó:ron
- green ash /red ash (pensylvanica va)Kaneróhon
- Hawthorn (average size haws)Ohsahè:ta ohì:kta
- Hawthorn (small size haws)Yotironhwentsí:yo
- hawthorn crataegus (spp)O'nyón:wara
- hazelnut corylus (Americana)Teyotita'á:ronte
- hemlock spruce (tsuga canadensis)Onen'ta'ón:we
- hepaticaKontirontá:non
- high bush cranberry viburnum (oplus)/bearberryTó:kware
- ironwood ostrya (virginiana)Tsyoráhsa
- jack in the pulpitkahnéhserote
- jack in the pulpitkyehónhserote
- jack in the pulpitkárhon
- jack in the pulpitokwá:rot
- jack in the pulpitTyehnónhserote
- jimson weed (datura vulgare)Teyonnonhwarawenryè:tha
- lady fern (athyrium angustum)Yetskarónhkwa
- leatherwood (dirca palustris)Otkénhseri
- leatherwood dirca (palustris)Otkénhseri
- lilacKanonhkwén:'onte
- mandrakeOnénhotste
- Manitoba maple, box alder, ash-leaf maple (acer negundo)Kahwisto'kéha wáhta
- meadowrueOtsi'tsyakérha
- milkweedotshehwèn:ta
- milkweedkanon'tínekenhs
- milkweedotshehón:ta
- mulleinótkon oyén:kwa
- mulleinsiksik otáhson
- new England asterYotiron'onhkóhare orón:ya
- noble yarrow, sanguinary (achillea millefolium)Aró:sen raotáhson
- northern blue violet viola (cucullata)Tekonnyarotárhoks
- oak (quercus sp.)Karíhton
- oblique dogwood (cornus oblique)Onekwénhtara niwatatsherò:ten
- one gallonskaweró:kwa
- pepper rootÀ:tsya
- pigweedSkanontanón:we
- pineOhnéhta
- pitcher plant (sarracenia purpurea)A'nó:wara raó:ris
- poison ivyYakohén:tara's
- poison ivyYakohón:taras
- poison ivyYakohontaráhstha
- poison ivy (rhus radicans)Wate'nenharì:sere
- Pond algae (spirogyra sp.)Kanekwenhsákta
- pond lily (nuphar variegatum) yellowRararónh raotsì:tsya
- puffball (lycoperdon sp.)Tewatyen'kwarókwas
- purple flowering raspberry (robus odoratus)Ahtahkwaká:yon
- purple trilliumTsyonátsya
- pussy willow (salix interior)Ó:se / takò:s ohsì:ta
- quackgrassErhar onawí:ra
- ragweedSkaweró:wane
- red clover (trifolium pratense)Teyonerahtó:ken
- red maple (acer rubrum)Ka'takén:ra
- red raspberrySkanekwen'terá:ne
- red raspberrySkanekwen'terá:yen
- red trillium (trillium erectum)Tsyonà:tsya onekwénhtara niyotsi'tsyò:ten
- red willowOnekwéhtara niwatatsherò:ten
- red-berried elderAhrhakéha / ohne'n
- sassafrasWenhnákeras
- savannaohsa'kén:ta
- scouring rush (equisetum hyemale)Ohswén:nihst
- sensitive fern (onoclea sensibilis)Tyohtehrí:seron
- shagbark hickoryOnennóhkara
- sharp-lobed liverleaf (hepatica Acutiboba)Karón:tanonhne
- silverweed (potentilla anserine)Orihwakayonhnéha ken'neyohontéhsha
- slippery elmokón:ra
- Solomon's shoekitkit o'éhta
- spring beautyKenkwitehnéha
- spruce (picea sp.)O'só:ra
- strawberry (verginiana)niyohontéhsha
- sugar mapleWahta
- sugar maple (acer saccharophorum)Wáhta
- sumactará:kwi
- sumac (rhus typhina)Tará:kwi
- sweet flagOnonó:ron (ohéhsha niyohtehrò:ten
- sweet flagOnonó:ra kahtehrarà:ken
- sweet flagonennó:ra
- sweet flagohnennó:ron
- sweet flag (acorus calamus)Anò:kyen aotihtè:ra
- sweetgrass (hierochloe odorata)Kahontákon
- the liquid is preparedenkahnekísa
- thimbleberries (long black berry)Ohsá:yase
- thistleOhnyón:wara
- tobacco (nicotiana tabacum)Oyen'kwa'ón:we
- toothwart/pepperoot/crinkle root (dentaria diphylla)À:tsya
- trilliumTsyona'tsyá:'e
- tuber roototsíhkwa
- violetTewatenyarotárhos
- Virginia creeper (parthenocissus quinqefolia)Kontiráthens
- wartweed (eurphorbia hellioscopia)Teyohontahrí:'on
- water lilyOnenoron'kó:wa
- water lilySe'kó:wa
- water plantain (alisma plantago-aquatica)Onkwehón:we ako tí
- water-milfoil (myriophyllum exalbeseens)Awerráhsa
- weedsKahontáksen
- white ashKáneren
- white ashKáneron
- white birchWatena'ketá:rons
- white cedarOhnentakwenhténhsera
- white cedar (thuja occidentalis)Onen'takwehtèn:tshera
- white clover (trifolium repens)Teyonerahtó:ken katsi'tsyarà:ken
- white elm (ulmus Americana)A'ká:ratsi
- white panicled aster (aster paniculatus)Yako'tonhkwárhos onónhkwa
- white sweet clover (melitotus alba)Teyonerahtoken'kó:wa
- white trilliumTsyoná:tsik
- white trillium (trillium grandiflorum)Tsyonà:tsya kenrà:ken niyotsi'tsyò:ten
- wild gingertsyonehskwénrye
- wild ginger (asarum canadense)Tyonehswèn:rye
- wild gooseberry ribes (cynosbati)Tyorenatstí:yo
- wild grapeO'nénhare
- wild onionOnónkseri
- wild onionOnon'óksera
- witch hazelTakwa'áserón:ni
- yarrowaró:sen otáhson
- yellow dockítyete
- yellow ladies slipper (cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens)Kwa'kóryen raóhta
- yellow lady's slipperKwa'kórya raóhta
- yellow toadflax (linaria vulgaaris)Kahontáksen
- yellow trilliumTsyoná:tsya
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