NEW JERSEY TEA


Meaning of NEW JERSEY TEA in English

[New Jer.sey tea] n [New Jersey, state of U.S.; fr. the use of its leaves as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution] (1759): 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

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