Tanaina
Americannoun
plural
Tanainas,plural
TanainaExample Sentences
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Pages 126 and 127 of Tanaina Plantlore describe a plant that is called wild potato by the Dena’ina Indians, who harvested its carrotlike root.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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One page after Tanaina Plantlore enumerates the wild potato, it describes a closely related species, wild sweet pea, Hedysarum mackenzii.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Having neglected to pack writing paper, he began a laconic journal on some blank pages in the back of Tanaina Plantlore.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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The agent of his demise was wild potato, H. alpinum, the species plainly identified as nontoxic in Tanaina Plantlore.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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