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Public exampleEnglish · noun · /tiː/

tea

A drink made by infusing tea leaves in hot water.

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  • tea
  • 茶
  • thé
  • Tee
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A Chinese source with an open route

The dictionary compares English tea with provincial Chinese te, but it does not identify the word’s intermediate route.

Choose the meaning to follow on this path: The evergreen plant Camellia sinensis, whose leaves are used to make tea.