Yaupon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An evergreen holly (Ilex vomitoria) of the southeast United States, having lustrous red or sometimes yellow fruit, whose dried leaves are used to make a bitter tea. Also called cassina.
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  • n. The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the southeastern United States.
  • n. A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as yapon.
    • Word Usage
    "The grizzled leader hunched like a porcupine and peered through a screen of yaupon leaves, the crossbow held low before him."
    Cross Reference
    cassina   
    Variant
    south-sea tea    yapon    youpon    yupon   
     
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