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