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swamp tea
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
See: Labrador tea
Quotations
1807
The large wood is the red and white pine, cypress, birch, poplar and liard; the under wood is the elder, willow, red wood, and swamp tea, none of which, except the red wood, bear fruit.
2
an infusion made from the leaves of L. groenlandicum or from the flowers of L. palustre.
See: Labrador tea
Quotations
1821
Our meal at night consisted of scraps of deer skins and swamp tea, and the men complained of their increasing debility.