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herb tea

herb tea noun: a beverage (a tisane) made by steeping herbs (sometimes also includes other plants, such as spices), other than tea leaves, in hot water.

Noun

herb tea (plural herb teas)

  1. A beverage (a tisane) made by steeping herbs (sometimes also includes other plants, such as spices), other than tea leaves, in hot water.
    • Soaking camomile leaves in hot water for five minutes produces a very relaxing herb tea.
    • So she put me on a macrobiotic diet, gave me lots of herb tea, and started getting my system back together.1986, Bernard Brannner, quoting Blackberri, “Blackberri: Singing for Our Lives”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 174
    Synonyms:
    herbal tea

Synonyms of herb tea

Forms of herb tea

pluralherb teas

Questions about herb tea

What does herb tea mean?
Herb tea means a beverage (a tisane) made by steeping herbs (sometimes also includes other plants, such as spices), other than tea leaves, in hot water.
What part of speech is herb tea?
Herb tea is a noun.
What is the plural of herb tea?
The plural of herb tea is herb teas.

Words near herb tea in the dictionary

  1. herb of repentance
  2. herb of the cross
  3. herb paris
  4. herb Peter
  5. herb robert
  6. herb tea
  7. herb teas
  8. herb trinity
  9. herb twopence
  10. herb-paris
  11. herb-robert

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