labrador : Idioms & Phrases
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glandular labrador tea
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noun a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum
trapper's tea.
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Labrador duck
(Zoöl.) , a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius ) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.
Webster 1913
Labrador feldspar
- . See
Labradorite .
Webster 1913
labrador peninsula
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noun a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador Peninsula.
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labrador retriever
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noun breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat
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labrador sea
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noun an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland
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Labrador tea
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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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(Bot.) , a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genusLedum (L. palustre andL. 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
labrador-ungava peninsula
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noun a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador Peninsula.
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newfoundland and labrador
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noun a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949