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, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage .

* {{quote-book, year=1839, author=Charles Darwin, title=The Voyage of the Beagle , chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba , and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1854, author=P. L. Simmonds, title=The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=This was the place at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set to the logs of wood within it. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1910, author=Various, title=Argentina From A British Point Of View, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion. }}

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