mountain tea

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See wintergreen.

Quotations

1786

Likewise the Indian, or mountain tea, and maiden-hair, an herb much in repute for the same purpose. . . .

1830

Mountain tea [is] a very small evergreen half-shrubby plant, with strong, shining, leathery leaves.

1964

To supplement our meals . . . we ate berries, mountain teas (a leaf that tastes like wintergreen), and seaweed. . . .