tea

Noun

• 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
    

• a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
  • an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea
    

• a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
  • iced tea is a cooling drink
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tea leaf , Camellia sinensis , afternoon tea , teatime