Mexican tea
nounEtymology 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.
1
A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, usually Ephedra trifurca, used to make an herbal tea.
2
Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides
- Synonyms
- Brigham tea, cowboy tea, desert tea, ephedra, jointfir, Mormon tea, popotillo, squaw tea, teamster tea, drug wormseed, epazote, herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, Jesuit's tea, paico, payqu, wormseed