Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
yapon. Sportsman's Gazetteer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Same as
yaupon .
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- noun Alternative form of
yaupon .
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[273-2] The Creeks had, according to Hawkins, not less than seven sacred plants; chief of them were the cassine yupon, called by botanists _Ilex vomitoria_, or _Ilex cassina_, of the natural order Aquifoliaceæ; and the blue flag, _Iris versicolor_, natural order Iridaceæ.
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
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Tobacco, the maguey, coca; in California the chucuaco; among the Mexicans the snake plant, ollinhiqui or coaxihuitl; and among the southern tribes of our own country the cassine yupon and iris versicolor, [273-2] were used; and, it is even said, were cultivated for this purpose.
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
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