DCHP-2
muskeg tea DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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— North
either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
See also: Labrador tea (def. 1a) tea muskeg
- 1859 (1863) We encamped after passing the Long Muskeg, where we got a supply of the muskeg tea (Ledum palustre) which makes a capital beverage in absence of a better
- 1938 . . . others brought . . . leaves of the tea muskeg that they had got from Yellowknife Indians near the Bay.
an infusion made from the leaves of L. groenlandicum or from the flowers of L. palustre.
See also: Labrador tea (def. 1b)
- 1863 (1958) We had tea too . . . "the tea muskeg" used by the Indians.
- 1863 (1931) [We were] taken into Chief's lodge . . . Pipe sent around . . . Meat and muskeg tea. Fat & water as cordial after.
- 1859 (1863) We encamped after passing the Long Muskeg, where we got a supply of the muskeg tea (Ledum palustre) which makes a capital beverage in absence of a better