Labrador tea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
    crystal tea; Ledum groenlandicum.

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  1. . (Bot.) See under Labrador.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (L. palustre and L. latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.

Webster 1913