| 释义 |
yapon, yaupon|ˈjɔːpɒn|
Also 8 yaupan, yopon, yappon, 9 yupon.
[North Carolina.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex Cassine or vomitoria), allied to the holly, growing in Texas and Southern U.S.; a decoction of the leaves (yapon tea) is used as an emetic and purgative. Also called Appalachian or Carolina tea.
a1712Lawson Hist. Carolina (1714) 91 Yaupon, call'd by the South Carolina Indians cassena, is a bush that grows chiefly on the sand banks and islands. 1723J. Brickell Nat. Hist. Carolina (1737) 319 They drink great quantities of yaupan tea. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 361 The Yopon, or Cusseena. 1786Abercrombie Arr. in Gard. Assist. 42 Yappon tree. 1884G. P. Lathrop True ii. 13 That kind of holly known in the region [N. Carolina coast] as yaupon. 1895Advance (Chicago) 19 Dec. 909/1 That horrid yupon and sassafras tea. |