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🌿 A holly plant 🍵 A herbal tea
yaupon

yaupon

9.9
A North American holly plant with leaves used to make tea that has caffeine
  • noun
  • /ˈjɔːpɒn/
  • US
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  • At the heel, the lighthouse stood comfortably surrounded by a hedge of yaupons, an abandoned corral for wild ponies, and a small museum.
  • yaupon holly

Examples

  • This section of the Atlantic coast is, in fact, a desert, home to prickly pear, yucca, and the drought-thriving yaupon, so it was not so easy to see the effects of the rainless season, especially for visitors.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The yaupon leaves are commonly used to brew a traditional caffeinated tea in the South.

  • Many people enjoy drinking yaupon tea for its refreshing flavor and natural caffeine.

  • On chilly days, a warm cup of yaupon tea is the perfect comfort drink.

Synonyms

yaupon holly
vsyaupon
  • US
9.9

An evergreen bush with small leaves and red berries that grows in the southern United States

is the plant whose leaves are used to make a caffeinated tea

Compounds

yaupon holly
  • US
9.9

An evergreen bush with small leaves and red berries that grows in the southern United States

Surface Forms

yaupon singular
yaupons plural

Etymology

Yaupon comes from a Native American name for the holly that grows in the southeastern United States, where people long used its 'leaves' to make a strong, caffeinated drink. That's why the plant is known as yaupon today.