katniss
English
Etymology
From the plant's name in a northeastern (probably Algonquian) Native American language;[1] compare hopniss, which is from Unami.
Noun
katniss (uncountable)
- (archaic, rare) Sagittaria sagittifolia, a herbaceous perennial flowering plant that grows in water.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Peter Kalm (1749) to this entry?)
- 1832, John Fanning Watson, Historic tales of olden time (page 54)
- […] of the roots, they had hopniss (glycine apios), katniss (sagittaria sagittifolia), lawho (arum virginicum), tawkee (orantium aquaticum).
- 2011, Timothy A. Block, Ann Fowler Rhoads, Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide (page 36)
- Known as “wappatoo” or “katniss,” the corms were prepared by baking, roasting, or boiling.
See also
References
- Peter Kalm (1749): "Katniss is another Indian name of a plant [...]" (quoted in Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, volume 33, and elsewhere). In Edible wild plants of eastern North America (1943), page 88, Merritt Lyndon Fernald and Alfred Charles Kinsey suggest the name is specifically Algonquian.
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