ilex cassine

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ilex cassine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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.]