English Explanatory Dictionary

Mexican tea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, usually Ephedra trifurca, used to make an herbal tea.
  2. Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides

Word forms

Mexican tea

Etymology

One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant.

Synonyms

Brigham tea cowboy tea desert tea ephedra jointfir Mormon tea popotillo squaw tea teamster tea drug wormseed epazote herba sancti Mariae Jerusalem oak Jesuit's tea paico payqu wormseed
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