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LEDUM GROENLANDICUM
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
crystal tea; Labrador tea; Ledum groenlandicum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ledum groenlandicum" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Ledum groenlandicum" is a member of...):
genus Ledum; Ledum (evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions)