tea tree
tea tree noun: the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
Noun
tea tree (plural tea trees)
- The tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
- The tree Melaleuca alternifolia, from which tea tree oil is obtained.
- It was a subject requiring the figure. The figure of a girl standing in the water, dappled by light and shade through the tea-tree, with the sunlit bank behind her. Bradly scanned the lagoon up and down, searching the clumps of mangrove for the figure of a girl.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 77
- A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia (Leptospermum scoparium).
- Synonyms:
- manuka
- The kanuka, Kunzea ericoides.
- The duke of Argyll's tea tree (Lycium barbarum), also known as wolfberry or matrimony vine.
- The shrub ti (Cordyline fruticosa).
Proper noun capitalized: Tea Tree
Tea Tree
- A locality in Brighton council area and the Southern Midlands council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Synonyms of tea tree
Forms of tea tree
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Words formed from tea tree
Questions about tea tree
- What does tea tree mean?
- Tea tree means the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
- What part of speech is tea tree?
- Tea tree can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tea tree?
- The plural of tea tree is tea trees.
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