Mexican tea en · NOUN
Etymology
One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, usually Ephedra trifurca, used to make an herbal tea.
- (uncountable) Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides
Synonyms
Jerusalem oak · wormseed · teamster tea · desert tea · herba sancti Mariae · Brigham tea · popotillo · epazote · drug wormseed · jointfir · squaw tea · ephedra · Jesuit's tea · Mormon tea · payqu · paico · cowboy tea