popotillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish popotillo from popote (“straw”) + -illo (“little”).

Noun

popotillo (uncountable)

A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea

Synonyms

Brigham tea, desert tea, ephedra, jointfir, Mormon tea, squaw tea, teamster tea

References

Ephedra (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“popotillo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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