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swamp tea North 
1 either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
See also: Labrador tea
- 1807 (1889) The large wood is the red and white pine, cypress, birch, poplar and liard; the under wood is the elder, willow, red wood, and swamp tea, none of which, except the red wood, bear fruit.
2 an infusion made from the leaves of L. groenlandicum or from the flowers of L. palustre.
See also: Labrador tea
- 1821 (1823) Our meal at night consisted of scraps of deer skins and swamp tea, and the men complained of their increasing debility.
- 1807 (1889) The large wood is the red and white pine, cypress, birch, poplar and liard; the under wood is the elder, willow, red wood, and swamp tea, none of which, except the red wood, bear fruit.