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balm tea

balm tea noun: a tisane or herbal tea made from balm, especially from herbs of the genus Melissa.

Noun

balm tea (plural balm teas)

  1. A tisane or herbal tea made from balm, especially from herbs of the genus Melissa.
    • Balm tea and water-gruel (favourite modern medical slops) would soon destroy a constitution made up of turtle and port […].1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide
    • Balm tea is particularly effective when stress has affected the stomach and the digestive organs.1993, Barbara Theiss, Peter Theiss, The Family Herbal, page 111

Forms of balm tea

pluralbalm teas

Questions about balm tea

What does balm tea mean?
Balm tea means a tisane or herbal tea made from balm, especially from herbs of the genus Melissa.
What part of speech is balm tea?
Balm tea is a noun.
What is the plural of balm tea?
The plural of balm tea is balm teas.

Words near balm tea in the dictionary

  1. Ballywilliam
  2. balm
  3. balm of Gilead
  4. balm of Judea
  5. balm of Mecca
  6. balm tea
  7. balm teas
  8. balm yard
  9. balm yards
  10. balm-cricket
  11. balm-crickets

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