Buz-zuk-ko-me-nais, sing., buz-zuk-ko-me-nais-ug, pl.—A kind of thorn apple growing in the north, which sometimes kill bears when they eat them in large quantities. The Indians suppose that it is in consequence of the strongly adhesive quality of the pulp, that they have this deleterious property.
Meen—Blue berry; mee-un—Blue berries, (fruit.) This is a word that enters into the composition of almost all which are used as the names of fruits or berries of any kind; as me-she-min, or me-she-meen, an apple, o-da-e-min, a strawberry, or heart berry, etc. The word ga-wunje, added to the name of any fruit or berry, indicates the wood or bush.
Meen-ah-ga-wunje—Blue berry, or whortle berry bush.
Ma-ko-meen-ah-ga-wunje—Black currant bush.
Mish-e-je-min-ga-wunje—This is a bush growing at and about the Lake of the Woods, which bears red currants, like those of the gardens; but the currants are beset thickly with hairs.
Shah-bo-min-nun—Goose berries; Shah-bo-min ga-wunje—the bushes.
Mis-kwa-min—Raspberry; mis-kwa-min-nug—Raspberries.
Gaw-waw-ko-meesh—Black raspberries.
O-dah-tah-gah-go-min—Blackberry; O-dah-tah-gah-go-me-nug—Blackberries.
Muk-kwo-me-nug, or muk-kwaw-me-nug—Bear berries; Muk-ko-me-nah-ga-wunje—The mountain ash, or American service tree.