DCHP-3

squaw tea

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

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