yaupon

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We then completed the design by adding dwarf yaupon, a small shrub that bears a curious resemblance to clouds, all along the borders of the gravel walkways.

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  1. noun An evergreen holly (Ilex vomitoria) of the southeast United States, having lustrous red or sometimes yellow fruit, whose dried leaves are used to make a bitter tea. Also called cassina.

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  • "Poskito," members of the tribe and their visitors purified their bodies through bathing, fasting, and drinking a black tea made from the yaupon shrub. —  Travel plan idea blog
  • We then completed the design by adding dwarf yaupon, a small shrub that bears a curious resemblance to clouds, all along the borders of the gravel walkways. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • One of the most popular with them is the common bayberry Among the sand dunes of the extensive "Banks" along the North Carolina coast there grows in great profusion a small bushy tree known as the yaupon. —  The Bird Study Book
  • Each tree was familiar; even the bright coral yaupon clusters were like dear friends greeting her after a long absence. —  Beulah
  • The waxwings descend on us late in the year, and clear out all the yaupon berries. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
 

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