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Labrador tea   /lˈæbrədˌɔr ti/   Listen
Labrador tea

noun
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.  Synonyms: crystal tea, Ledum groenlandicum.



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"Labrador tea" Quotes from Famous Books



... dry grasses, carefully arranged and lined with down, feathers, or finer materials similar to those of the outer portions. They are sometimes sunk in an excavation made by the birds, or in a tuft of grass, and in one instance, placed in the midst of a bed of Labrador tea. When the nest is approached, the female quietly slips off, while the male bird may be seen hopping or flying from tree to tree in the neighborhood of the nest and doing all he can to induce intruders to withdraw from the neighborhood. ...
— Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [April, 1897] - A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life • Various



Words linked to "Labrador tea" :   genus Ledum, Ledum, shrub, Ledum groenlandicum, bush



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