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Definition of Ledum
1. Noun. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Crystal Tea, Labrador Tea, Ledum Groenlandicum, Glandular Labrador Tea, Trapper's Tea, Ledum Palustre, Marsh Tea, Wild Rosemary
Definition of Ledum
1. a plant of the Labrador tea genus [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ledum
Literary usage of Ledum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1899)
"We will begin with the marsh tea, or wild rosemary— ledum palustre. The tincture
is prepared ... The proving of ledum is in the fourth volume of the Reine ..."
2. Lectures on Materia Medica by Carroll Dunham (1879)
"ledum PALUSTRE. r IAHE ledum ... Our knowledge of the physiological properties
of ledum is derived from the proving by Hahne- ..."
3. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"Its delicate nodding flowers usually appear in June. LABRADOR TEA. [PL XXV ledum
latifolium. Heath Family. An erect shrub from one to three feet high. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"The ledum aere oí Linn. STONE-HATCH, ». The ring-plover. STONE-HORSE, ». A stallion.
STONEN, adj. Made of stone. We»t. STONES, ». ..."
5. Testamenta Eboracensia Or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the by James Raine, John William Clay (1884)
"THE WILL OF JOHN ledum OF WHITBY. [Reg. Test. x. 37.] In the name of God, Amen.
The yere of our Lorde God, ..."
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