teamster tea

English

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.

Noun

teamster tea (uncountable)

1. A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.

Synonyms

• Brigham tea
• cowboy tea
• desert tea
• ephedra
• jointfir
• Mexican tea
• Mormon tea
• popotillo
• squaw tea

 

References

• Ephedra (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “teamster tea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.