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yaupon


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yaupon  \Yau"pon\,  n.  (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}.]