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单词 Mexican tea
释义

Mexican tea

English

Etymology

One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant.

Noun

Mexican tea (uncountable)

  1. A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, usually Ephedra trifurca, used to make an herbal tea
  2. Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides

Synonyms

  • (shrub of genus Ephedra): Brigham tea, cowboy tea, desert tea, ephedra, jointfir, Mormon tea, popotillo, squaw tea, teamster tea
  • (Dysphania ambrosoides): wormseed, Jesuit's tea, payqu (paico), epazote, herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed

References

  • Mexican tea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mexican tea at OneLook Dictionary Search
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