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yapon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yapon \Ya"pon\ (?; 277), n. (Bot.) Same as {Yaupon}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yaupon \Yau"pon\, n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Ilex Cassine}) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also {South-Sea tea}. [Written also {yapon}, {youpon}, and {yupon}.]
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