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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"

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"

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"

a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"

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"

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"

a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"

A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.

The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.

To take or drink tea.

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.

A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.

The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.

To take or drink tea.

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.

To take or drink tea.

The dried leaves of the tea-tree, the produce of China and the East; a decoction or infusion of tea-leaves in boiling water; any infusion or decoction of vegetables; the afternoon repast.

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.

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.

1. The dried leaves of Thea sinensis, a shrub of China and southern and southeastern Asia and Japan; its chief constituent, upon which its stimulating action largely depends, is the alkaloid theine (caffeine) which is present in amount of from 1 to 4 per cent. 2. The infusion made by pouring boiling water upon tea leaves. 3. Any infusion or decoction made extemporaneously, usually with herbs used in domestic medicine, or with the "species" of the P.G.

The dried leaves of a shrub in China and Japan: an infusion of the leaves in boiling water: any vegetable infusion.

A Chinese shrub, or an infusion of its leaves; any vegetable infusion for drinking.

An evergreen Chinese or Japanese shrub. Teaplant.

The prepared leaves of this plant, or an infusion of them.

A light evening meal.

Leaves of Thea chinensis: conservant, stimulant, and exhilarant.

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.

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.