Common snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus, Symphoricarpos spp.; Lewis’ mock-orange, Philadelphus lewisii. saxisaxinmí tmaanít iwá płɨ́x̣ šáx̣ƛ̓ktaw ‘snowberries are a medicine for cuts’; saxisaxinmína tmaanítna patáwaničɨnx̣a plɨ́splɨs ‘they call the fruit of the snowberry plɨ́splɨs‘; c̓í iwá núkšitpa saxíxaxi ‘syringa is sweet smelling’. Also called saxiwáakuł, saxisaxiwáakuł. [NP /ccaqyc´caqy/.]
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