popotillo
nounEtymology Borrowed from Spanish popotillo from popote (“straw”) + -illo (“little”).
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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, squaw tea, teamster tea