tea
The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); a variety of this plant.
Example
“Darjeeling tea is grown in India.”
Other meanings
The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; a variety of such leaves.
“Go to the supermarket and buy some Darjeeling tea.”
The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
“Would you like some tea?”
A kind of
- beverage
Kinds of tea
- herb tea
- ice tea
- white tea
Example sentences
Word history
From Dutch "thee".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tea” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.