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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lab·ra·dor n. A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.
 Labrador duck Zool., a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.
 Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite.
 Labrador tea Bot., a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (Ledum palustre and Ledum latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Ledum palustre
      n : bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia
          to Korea and Japan [syn: wild rosemary, marsh tea]