tea
n.
evergreen shrub of eastern Asia; dried leaves of the tea plant; drink made from water filtered through tea leaves or other dried leaves; cup of tea; afternoon meal at which tea is served; teatime; (British) cooked meal eaten in the evening; (Slang) marijuana
adj.
like tea; used for tea; of or pertaining to tea
v.
drink tea
Tea
Tea is a
beverage made by
steeping processed leaves,
buds, or
twigs of the tea
bush,
Camellia sinensis, in hot water for a few minutes. The processing can include
oxidation,
heating,
drying, and the addition of other
herbs,
flowers,
spices, and
fruits. The four basic types of true tea are (in order from most to least processed):
black tea,
oolong tea,
green tea, and
white tea. The term "
herbal tea" usually refers to
infusions of fruit or of herbs (such as
rosehip,
chamomile, or
jiaogulan) that contain no Camellia sinensis . (Alternative terms for herbal tea that avoid the word "tea" are
tisane and herbal infusion.) This article is concerned exclusively with preparations and uses of the tea plant C. sinensis.
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Téa
Tea (disambiguation)
General Tea may refer to:Tea plant (or
Camellia sinensis), the plant species whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea
Tea, a beverage made by steeping processed leaves, buds, or twigs of the tea bush (Camellia sinensis) in hot water for a few minutes
Bubble tea, a tea beverage containing tapioca balls, originating in Taiwan in the 1980s.
Chinese tea, tea leaves which have been processed using methods inherited from mainland China
Herbal tea, any herbal infusion other than from the leaves of the tea bush"Tea", beatnik slang for herbal
cannabisTea Break, the second of two daily intervals in every day of play during certain types of
Cricket match.
Téa, a female name (disambiguation page)
Tea (meal), any of several different mealtimes depending on a country's customs
Tea programming language, a high level scripting language for the Java environment, combining features from Scheme, Tcl and JavaTea, a 2000 novel by
Stacey D'Erasmo
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tea
Noun
1. a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink"
(hypernym) beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
(hyponym) cambric tea
(substance-meronym) tea leaf
2. a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
(synonym) afternoon tea, teatime
(hypernym) meal, repast
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"
(synonym) tea leaf
(hypernym) herb
(hyponym) tea bag
(part-holonym) Camellia sinensis
4. a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"
(hypernym) reception
5. a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers"
(synonym) Camellia sinensis
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(member-holonym) genus Camellia
(part-meronym) tea leaf
tea (f)
n.
tea rose
tea (f)
n.
firelighter; torch