DCHP-2
squaw tea 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)
- 1910 (1921) . . . the carpeted muskeg itself would feed the conflagration; the woven woof of squaw-tea shrub, first cousin to the wintergreen, with its coral berries. . . .
- 1910 The marshes stand thick with Labrador tea, known in these parts as "squaw tea."
- 1910 (1921) . . . the carpeted muskeg itself would feed the conflagration; the woven woof of squaw-tea shrub, first cousin to the wintergreen, with its coral berries. . . .