英语词汇“south sea tea”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

South Sea tea n. any of several kinds of evergreen holly (genus Ilex), from which the leaves are infused to make a tea, esp. the South American species I. paraguariensis (cf. maté n.³ 3) and (in later use) the yapon, I. vomitoria, a plant of similar appearance found in south-eastern North America; (also) the tea made from any of these plants, now esp. I. vomitoria, used as an emetic by certain groups of North American Indians.

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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Paraguay A celebrated Plant,..better known, of late, among us, under the Denomination of South-Sea Tea.

1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 433 The leaves of the South Sea tea tree (Ilex vomitoria) are made, by the natives of the South Sea Islands, into a medicinal tea, which at certain times of the year they drink to excess.

1901 A. Lounsberry Southern Wild Flowers & Trees 315 The Carolina, or South Sea tea, as also this holly is called, occurs most generally near salt water.

1979 C. M. Hudson Black Drink 6 In England the imported leaves were made into a beverage called South-Sea tea.

2008 S. White Vanished Gardens 151 Sweet bushes vanished now were covered with straw in the winter—thunbergias, mimosas, tree sage, and South Sea tea.

单词	south sea tea
释义	> as lemmas South Sea tea South Sea tea n. any of several kinds of evergreen holly (genus Ilex), from which the leaves are infused to make a tea, esp. the South American species I. paraguariensis (cf. maté n.³ 3) and (in later use) the yapon, I. vomitoria, a plant of similar appearance found in south-eastern North America; (also) the tea made from any of these plants, now esp. I. vomitoria, used as an emetic by certain groups of North American Indians. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Paraguay A celebrated Plant,..better known, of late, among us, under the Denomination of South-Sea Tea. 1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 433 The leaves of the South Sea tea tree (Ilex vomitoria) are made, by the natives of the South Sea Islands, into a medicinal tea, which at certain times of the year they drink to excess. 1901 A. Lounsberry Southern Wild Flowers & Trees 315 The Carolina, or South Sea tea, as also this holly is called, occurs most generally near salt water. 1979 C. M. Hudson Black Drink 6 In England the imported leaves were made into a beverage called South-Sea tea. 2008 S. White Vanished Gardens 151 Sweet bushes vanished now were covered with straw in the winter—thunbergias, mimosas, tree sage, and South Sea tea. extracted from South Sean. South Sea tea South Sea tea n. = Paraguay tea n.; also sometimes used as a name for Carolina tea.extracted from tean.¹ < as lemmas
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