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THE word “Tea”is applied to the leaves of numerous plants from which infusions are made in their several native countries. Thus in Paraguay they use a species of Holly, in Abyssinia and Arabia the leaves of Catha edulis, and in Labrador those of Ledum latifolium.
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Jackson, J. Tea. Nature 2, 215–217 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002215a0
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