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New Jersey
The name of one of the eastern states of the United States, used attrib. in the names of plants native to the region, as New Jersey pine = Jersey pine (Jersey2); New Jersey tea = Jersey tea (Jersey2).
1759[see Jersey tea (Jersey2)]. 1785H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 27 American Ceanothus, or New-Jersey Tea-tree,..is a low shrub, growing common in most parts of North America. 1818W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ II. 183 P[inus] inops... New Jersey Pine. Scrub Pine. Pitch Pine. A low straggly, and very common species particularly in Jersey. 1832D. J. Browne Sylva Amer. 234 New Jersey Pine. 1877Rep. Vermont Board Agric. IV. 159 Riley recommends persons..to plant a small patch of New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus)..as a decoy near the strawberry bed. 1941R. S. Walker Lookout 59 The New Jersey tea or redroot..grows profusely on the summit as well as on both sides of the mountain. 1958G. A. Petrides Field Guide to Trees & Shrubs 139 New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus L... A low shrub. Leaves egg-shaped to triangular... Flowers white in dense heads. |