glandular Labrador tea

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A small bush that grows in the Rocky Mountains with sticky, scented leaves

noun
/ˈɡlændjʊlər ˈlæbrədɔr ti/

: té de Labrador glandular

The leaves of glandular Labrador tea are sticky to the touch and give off a strong scent.

Examples

During our hike, we spotted a patch of glandular Labrador tea growing near the stream.
The glandular Labrador tea grows abundantly in the Rocky Mountains.
Botanists often compare glandular Labrador tea to Ledum groenlandicum due to their striking similarities.
Many hikers enjoy the sight of glandular Labrador tea in bloom.
During our hike, we spotted a patch of glandular Labrador tea growing near the stream.
The leaves of glandular Labrador tea are sticky to the touch and give off a strong scent.
The glandular Labrador tea grows abundantly in the Rocky Mountains.

Synonyms

Labrador tea

vsglandular Labrador tea

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An evergreen shrub with hairy leaves and small white flowers that people brew as tea

is a Rocky Mountains variant with glandular leaves rather than the common form

Surface Forms

glandular Labrador tea singular

glandular Labrador teas plural

Morphology

glandular + Labrador + tea

The phrase is fully compositional: 'Labrador tea' names a particular shrub/tea and 'glandular' is an adjectival modifier describing a plant with gland-related features, so a learner who knows each constituent can infer it denotes a kind of Labrador tea with glandular leaves. This follows the common modifier + noun pattern found cross-linguistically, making the overall meaning directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

The name glandular Labrador tea points to two clear ideas: the plant's leaves are sticky and have tiny shiny glands, and plants called Labrador tea were traditionally brewed as a 'tea'. So the name simply means a Labrador tea plant that is 'glandular' — that is, covered in many small gland bumps on its leaves.