noun
- a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by the Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley.
- any of various plants used in this mixture, especially the common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, of the heath family.
noun
- the dried leaves and bark of certain plants, sometimes with tobacco added, formerly smoked by some North American Indians
- any of the plants used for such a preparation, such as the sumach Rhus glabra