watap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The root of the spruce, and sometimes also of the pine, split lengthwise into strips and used in the construction of baskets and canoes.

Word forms

watap wataps watape wattape

Etymology

From Ojibwe wadab (“a spruce root”).

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