单词 | tea-berry |
释义 | tea-berryn. The American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens: see quot.; also called Canada tea or mountain tea. Also, the fruit of this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs wintergreen1778 mountain tea1785 spice-berry1792 partridgeberry1814 tea-berry1818 ivory plum1828 twinberry1836 ivy-berry1840 partridge bush1843 Gaultheria1848 checker-berry1852 partridge-vine1860 snowberry1866 one-berry1873 1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ I. 194 Gaultheria..procumbens... Mountain Tea. Tea-berry. Partridge-berry. Wintergreen. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom cxv. 482 The leaves [of Gaultheria procumbens]..when..dried..make an excellent substitute for tea,..and the plant is on that account called Tea-berry and Mountain Tea. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 239/1 Here [i.e. in Houston, Texas]..the tea-berry tree, and huge orange trees..made me forget for a moment that I was expecting something very different. 1895 Outing 27 18/1 Tiny white capillaire tea-berries, with a flavor like some rare perfume. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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