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yapon

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ya⋅pon

[yaw-pon]
–noun
yaupon.

yau⋅pon

[yaw-pon]
–noun
a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.
Also, yapon.


Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; < Catawba yą́pą, equiv. to yą- wood, tree + leaf
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