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noun
- 1. a hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water: "Catherine sipped her tea"
- 2. the evergreen shrub or small tree that produces tea leaves, native to South and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop.
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The meaning of TEA is a widely cultivated shrub (Camellia sinensis of the family Theaceae, the tea family) native to China, northern India, and southeastern Asia and having glossy green leaves and fragrant white flowers. How to use tea in a sentence.
3 days ago · Tea, beverage produced by seeping in freshly boiled water the young leaves and leaf buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Two main varieties are used, the China plant (C. sinensis variety sinensis) and the Assam plant (C. sinensis variety assamica).
TEA definition: 1. (a drink made by pouring hot water onto) dried and cut leaves and sometimes flowers, especially…. Learn more.
noun. an evergreen shrub or small tree, Camellia sinensis, of tropical and subtropical Asia, having toothed leathery leaves and white fragrant flowers: family Theaceae. the dried shredded leaves of this shrub, used to make a beverage by infusion in boiling water. such a beverage, served hot or iced. ( as modifier ) tea caddy. tea urn.
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. [3][4][5] Tea is also made, but rarely, from the leaves of Camellia taliensis. [6][7][8] After plain ...
a. An evergreen shrub or small tree (Camellia sinensis) native to Asia, having fragrant, nodding, cup-shaped white flowers and glossy leaves. b. The young, dried leaves of this plant, prepared by various processes and used to make a beverage, usually served hot. 2. An aromatic, slightly bitter beverage made by steeping tea leaves in boiling water.
TEA meaning: 1. (a drink made by pouring hot water onto) dried and cut leaves and sometimes flowers, especially…. Learn more.
In British English, tea is a light meal in the afternoon with sandwiches, cakes, etc. and a cup of tea: a cream tea. It can also be a main meal eaten early in the evening, especially by children:
The drink that's made by soaking dried leaves in very hot water is called tea. On a hot summer day, many people like to drink iced tea. Use the word tea for the drink you sip in a cup and also for the dried leaves used to make it.
Definition of tea noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
