Definition of Ledums

1. ledum [n] - See also: ledum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ledums

ledger
ledger board
ledger entry
ledger line
ledger lines
ledger paper
ledgerdemain
ledgered
ledgering
ledgers
ledges
ledgier
ledgiest
ledgy
ledish
ledums (current term)
ledës-man
lee
lee(a)
lee shore
lee side
lee tide
leeangle
leear
leears
leeboard
leeboards
leech
leech-finger
leech line

Literary usage of Ledums

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"... their thorn-apples ; the Florida Indians their emetic-holly ; Northern Europe and America their ledums and sweet gale, &c. " No nation so ancient," says ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1855)
"... America their ledums and sweet-gale,—the Englishman and German their hop, and the Frenchman his lettuce." No nation so ancient bat has had its narcotic ..."

3. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"may say, their tobacco ; the Florida Indians their emetic holly; Northern Europe and America their ledums and sweet gale ; the Englishman and German their ..."

4. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The lesser plants were principally vaccinium, ledums, and some candleberry-bushes (myrica). On the 27th, they reached the Flying-Fish, then in Baker's Bay, ..."

5. Oregon and California in 1848 by Jessy Quinn Thornton (1864)
"... ledums, Myrica, Oberonia, and Vaccinium. The sweet flowering pea grows spontaneously, and greatly embellishes some portions of the country. ..."

6. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"SAND 'MYRTLE' (152) is a hardy small, 1 to 3 ieet, densely branched evergreen shrub similar to the ledums, with small thick oval rolled- ..."

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