yaupon

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈjoʊˌpɑn/|/ˈjuˌpɑn/|/ˈjɔˌpɑn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States. countable,uncountable
    — Yaupon is evergreen like the American holly and the familiar hollies of Christmas decorations, but the leaves of yaupon are small and smooth-edged rather than prickly. Easy to chew and blandly tasty, they would not stand out in a tossed salad.
  2. A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine). countable,uncountable

词形变化

yaupons plural yapan alternative yopon alternative youpon alternative yupon alternative yawpan alternative yaupan alternative

词汇关系

相关词
black drink cassina

词源

From a Catawba word, most likely yap, yop, yą (“tree”), with the second element being either a diminutive suffix or pą (“leaf”) (resulting in the compound yąpą); alternatively, perhaps directly from a longer form of the word for leaf, 'yap'hâ.
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