Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum). paˀaníx̣ana tawtnúk puušmíki tmaanítki ‘they used to make a medicine with juniper berries’; puušmí tmaanít ‘juniper berries’; púuši ‘having juniper, worthless land’. A tea made from juniper berries was used as a cough medicine. [NE puˀúš; NP /ck̓éyelk/; cf. NP /pohos/ ‘mountain mahogany hardwood, Cercocarpus ledifolius‘.]
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