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LABRADOR TEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Labrador tea mean?
• LABRADOR TEA (noun)
The noun LABRADOR TEA has 1 sense:
1. evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
Familiarity information: LABRADOR TEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
crystal tea; Labrador tea; Ledum groenlandicum
Hypernyms ("Labrador tea" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Labrador tea" is a member of...):
genus Ledum; Ledum (evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions)
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