labrador tea
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- evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American RevolutionSynonyms: crystal teaLedum groenlandicumType of shrub, bushMember of Ledum, genus Ledum
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Labrador tea
Botany, a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (Ledum palustre and Ledum latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.
From the entry Labrador.
Labrador tea
. Botany See under Labrador.
From the entry Tea.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54