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yaupon

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13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈjoʊˌpɑn/
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/ˈjoʊˌpɑn/ · /ˈjuˌpɑn/ · /ˈjɔˌpɑn/

Definition of yaupon

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
    “Yaupon is evergreen like the American holly and the familiar hollies of Christmas decorations, but the leaves of yaupon are small and smooth-edged rather than prickly. Easy to chew and blandly tasty, they would not stand out in a tossed salad.”
    ““I found some yaupon and made some tea. It's North America's only native caffeinated plant. Well, dahoon, but you're not gonna find that in --””
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
    “Yaupon is evergreen like the American holly and the familiar hollies of Christmas decorations, but the leaves of yaupon are small and smooth-edged rather than prickly. Easy to chew and blandly tasty, they would not stand out in a tossed salad.”
    ““I found some yaupon and made some tea. It's North America's only native caffeinated plant. Well, dahoon, but you're not gonna find that in --””
  2. (countable, uncountable)A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine).

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Etymology

From a Catawba word, most likely yap, yop, yą (“tree”), with the second element being either a diminutive suffix or pą (“leaf”) (resulting in the compound yąpą); alternatively, perhaps directly from a longer form of the word for leaf, 'yap'hâ.

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