noun
evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
• Syn: ↑Labrador tea, ↑Ledum groenlandicum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ledum, ↑genus Ledum
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noun1. : a No. American cinquefoil (Potentilla tridentata) with trifoliolate 3-toothed leaflets and small white cymose flowers
2. : labrador tea a
Useful english dictionary. 2012.