'Ilex Cassine' definitions:
Definition of 'Ilex Cassine'
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- Yaupon \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.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ilex cassine'
From: GCIDE
- Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[.a]*h[=oo]n"), [Origin unknown.] An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]