DCHP-2
Indian tea-plant DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
See also: Labrador tea (def. 1a)
- 1821 (1823) Since our departure from Point Lake we had boiled the Indian tea-plant . . . which produced a beverage in smell much resembling rhubarb.
- 1858 (1860) The fragrant Indian tea plant (Ledum latifolium) abounded in the moss bordering this elevated sheet of water.
- 1821 (1823) Since our departure from Point Lake we had boiled the Indian tea-plant . . . which produced a beverage in smell much resembling rhubarb.