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yaupon.

The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.

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noun/ˈjoʊˌpɑn/General-American/ˈjuˌpɑn/General-American/ˈjɔˌpɑn/General-American
  1. The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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