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tea trees

tea trees is the plural of tea tree.

Meaning of tea tree

Noun

tea tree (plural tea trees)

  1. The tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
  2. 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
  3. A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia (Leptospermum scoparium).
    Synonyms:
    manuka
  4. The kanuka, Kunzea ericoides.
  5. The duke of Argyll's tea tree (Lycium barbarum), also known as wolfberry or matrimony vine.
  6. The shrub ti (Cordyline fruticosa).

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Questions about tea trees

What is tea trees the plural of?
Tea trees is the plural of tea tree.

Words near tea trees in the dictionary

  1. tea trays
  2. tea tree
  3. Tea Tree Gully
  4. tea tree oil
  5. tea tree oils
  6. tea trees
  7. tea trolley
  8. tea trolleys
  9. tea trollies
  10. tea urn
  11. tea urns

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