Labrador tea

English

Labrador tea being grown

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ) ti/

Noun

Labrador tea (countable and uncountable, plural Labrador teas)

1. Any of three Rhododendron species (R. tomentosum, R. groenlandicum, or R. neoglandulosum).
2. An herbal tea made from any of these plants.

Translations

Rhododendron subsect. Ledum

• Czech: rojovník m
• Danish: pors (da)
• Finnish: pursu (fi)
• German: Porst (de) m
• Gutnish: purs
• Icelandic: pors
• Kazakh: қазанақ (qazanaq)
• Latvian: vaivariņš m
• Lithuanian: gaĩlis (lt), vaivóras (but this also means Empetrum nigrum and Vaccinium uliginosum)
• Middle Low German: pors m, post m
• Norwegian: pors
• Polish: bagno (pl) n
• Russian: багу́льник (ru) m (bagúlʹnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: no term, because these plants are unknown that far south
• Slovak: rojovník m
• Slovene: no term, because these plants are unknown that far south
• Swedish: pors (sv)
• Ukrainian: багно́ (uk) n (bahnó)