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)

  1. (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
  1. 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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