Tea-plant
51tea — n. 1. Infusion (especially of the dried leaves of the tea plant), decoction. 2. (Colloq.) Supper, evening meal …
52tea mite — noun : any of several mites that infest and injure the tea plant …
53tea mosquito — noun : a capsid bug of the genus Helopeltis (especially H. theivora) that feeds on the tea plant and causes a stem canker resembling a fungus disease …
54tea — [tē] n. [Amoy Chin t e (Mandarin ch a)] 1. a white flowered, evergreen plant (Camellia sinensis) of the tea family, grown in China, India, Japan, etc. 2. its dried and prepared leaves, used to make a beverage 3. the beverage made by soaking such… …
55Tea culture — is defined by the way tea is made and consumed, by the way the people interact with tea, and by the aesthetics surrounding tea drinking.Tea is commonly drunk at social events, and many cultures have created intricate formal ceremonies for these… …
56tea — [ ti ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves of the tea bush. The leaves are called tea leaves and can be bought in small paper bags called tea bags that are put into a cup or teapot: Do you… …
57Tea tasting — is the process in which a trained taster will determine the quality of a particular tea. Due to climatic conditions, topography, manufacturing process, and different clones of the Camellia Sinensis plant (tea), the final product will have vastly… …
58tea — (tē) n. 1. a) An evergreen shrub or small tree (Camellia sinensis) native to Asia, having fragrant, nodding, cup shaped white flowers and glossy leaves. b) The young, dried leaves of this plant, prepared by various processes and used to make a… …
59tea|ber|ry — «TEE BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. the spicy berry of the American wintergreen plant; checkerberry. 2. U.S. the plant, whose leaves are used to make tea …
60Tea tree — or Ti tree is a popular name that has been applied to a number of different, unrelated plants: * Camellia sinensis (aka Thea sinensis ), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained. * Melaleuca from which tea tree oil is… …
