"medicine wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medicine wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} medicine wheel (plural medicine wheels)
  1. A symbol of indigenous North American culture and religion.
    Sense id: en-medicine_wheel-en-noun-BArgM~yW
  2. A stone monument related to this symbol, constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground oriented to the four directions.
    Sense id: en-medicine_wheel-en-noun-yPWGEQxB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sacred hoop

Inflected forms

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