Phrase guide

Labrador tea

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ)ti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any member of Rhododendron sect. Ledum, widely disttibuted in the northern hemisphere, in temperate to arctic environments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An herbal tea made from any of these plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crystal tea, Ledum groenlandicum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: rojovník — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Danish: pors — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Finnish: pursu — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • German: Porst — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Gutnish: purs — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Icelandic: pors — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Kazakh: қазанақ (qazanaq) — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Latvian: vaivariņš — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Lithuanian: gai̇̃lis — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Middle Low German: pors — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Middle Low German: post — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Norwegian: pors — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Polish: bagno — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Russian: багу́льник (bagúlʹnik) — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Serbo-Croatian: no term — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Serbo-Croatian: because these plants are unknown that far south — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Slovak: rojovník — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Slovene: no term — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Slovene: because these plants are unknown that far south — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Swedish: pors — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
  • Ukrainian: багно́ (bahnó) — Rhododendron subsect. Ledum