tea

“iced tea is a cooling drink”

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; cambric tea
a beverage for children containing hot water and milk and sugar and a small amount of tea; cuppa, cupper
a cup of tea; herb tea, herbal, herbal tea
tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs; ice tea, iced tea
strong tea served over ice; sun tea
tea made by exposing tea leaves steeped in water to the direct rays of the sun; usually served with ice; tisane
infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves

Type of:: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
any liquid suitable for drinking

“the store shelves held many different kinds of tea”

“they threw the tea into Boston harbor”

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a measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea; black tea
fermented tea leaves; green tea
tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting; oolong
Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried; English breakfast tea, congo, congou, congou tea
black tea grown in China; Darjeeling
a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India; orange pekoe, pekoe
a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java; soochong, souchong
a fine quality of black tea native to China; hyson
a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves

“we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers”

“tea has fragrant white flowers”

Type of:: bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

DEFINITIONS OF: tea