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Webster 1913 Edition
Yaupon
Yau′pon
,Noun.
(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
.]