Definitions For Yaupon

Noun

YAUPON. (countable and uncountable, plural YAUPONs) The {{vern, yaupon holly}}, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States. A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine).

Alternative forms

yapan, yopon, youpon, yupon {{qualifier, less common}} yawpan, yaupan {{qualifier, largely obsolete}}

Etymology

From a {{etyl, chc, en}} word, most likely yap, yap, yop, yą, tree, with the second element being either a diminutive suffixFrederick Webb Hodge, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: N-Z (1912): The name is from Catawba yopun [yopún], a diminutive of yop, 'tree,' 'shrub.' or pą, , leaf (resulting in the compound yąpą); alternatively, perhaps directly from a longer form of the word for leaf, , 'yap'hâ.W. R. Gerard, Plant Names of Indian Origin, V., in Garden and Forest, volume 9 (1896)