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单词 New Jersey tea
释义

New Jersey tea

noun

New Jer·​sey tea nü-ˈjər-zē- How to pronounce New Jersey tea (audio)
nyü-
: a low deciduous shrub (Ceanothus americanus) of the buckthorn family that is found in the eastern U.S. and has dull green leaves and small white flowers borne in large terminal panicles

Word History

Etymology

New Jersey, state of U.S.; from the use of its leaves as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined above

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