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muskeg tea
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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— North
either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
Quotations
1859
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: Labrador tea(def. 1b)
Quotations
1863
[We were] taken into Chief's lodge . . . Pipe sent around . . . Meat and muskeg tea. Fat & water as cordial after.
1863
We had tea too . . . "the tea muskeg" used by the Indians.