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Labrador tea
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English
thumb|Labrador tea being grown
Pronunciation
en /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ) ti/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Labrador tea.wav US
Noun
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Any member of Rhododendron sect. Ledum section, widely disttibuted in the northern hemisphere, in temperate to arctic environments.
An herbal tea made from any of these plants.
Derived terms
bog Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum species)
marsh Labrador tea (Rhododendron tomentosum species)
western Labrador tea (Rhododendron columbianum species, Rhododendron neoglandulosum species)
Translations
Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
Czech: cs rojovník m
Danish: da pors
Finnish: fi pursu
German: de Porst m
Gutnish: gmq-gut purs
Icelandic: is pors
Kazakh: kk қазанақ
Latvian: lv vaivariņš m
Lithuanian: lt gaĩlis, lt vaivóras but this also means Empetrum nigrum species and Vaccinium uliginosum species
Low German:
Middle Low German: gml pors m, gml post m
Norwegian: no pors
Polish: pl bagno n
Russian: ru багу́льник m
Serbo-Croatian: no term, because these plants are unknown that far south
Slovak: sk rojovník m
Slovene: no term, because these plants are unknown that far south
Swedish: sv pors
Ukrainian: uk багно́ n
References
Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
Rhododendron subsect. Ledum
1 Rhododendron
en Heather family plants Tea