TEA
\tˈiː], \tˈiː], \t_ˈiː]\
Definitions of TEA
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(British) a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
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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"
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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"
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a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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"
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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"
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a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"
By Princeton University
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A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.
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Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.
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The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
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To take or drink tea.
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The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.
By Oddity Software
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A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.
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Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.
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The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
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To take or drink tea.
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The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.
By Noah Webster.
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The infusion of leaves of CAMELLIA SINENSIS (formerly Thea sinensis) as a beverage, the familiar Oriental tea, which contains CATECHIN (especially epigallocatechin gallate) and CAFFEINE.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A shrub or small tree cultivated in China, etc., for its leaves; the dried leaves of the tea plant; the drink obtained by pouring hot water on these leaves; in England, a late afternoon meal at which tea is served; in the United States, supper.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The dried leaves of a shrub in China and Japan: an infusion of the leaves in boiling water: any vegetable infusion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An evergreen Chinese or Japanese shrub. Teaplant.
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The prepared leaves of this plant, or an infusion of them.
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A light evening meal.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Leaves of Thea chinensis: conservant, stimulant, and exhilarant.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The dried leaves of Camellia thea and its varieties, often further aromatized with the flowers or leaves of the rose, jasmine, sweet-scented olive, etc. T. contains from 1.5 to 4 per cent. of caffein, a volatile oil, and a variable amount of tannin; very little of the latter is extracted when the leaf is infused for a minute or two minutes. There are many commercial varieties of t.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Chinese] The leaves of a shrub or small tree, a native of China and Japan;- a decoction or infusion of the dried leaves of tea in boiling water;-any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants;- the evening meal, at which tea is usually served.