Yau"pon (?), n. Bot.

A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.

[Written also yapon, youpon, and yupon.]

 

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