单词 | tea tree |
释义 | tea tree in British Englishnoun any of various myrtaceous trees of the genus Leptospermum, of Australia and New Zealand, that yield an oil used as an antiseptic tea tree in American Englishnoun a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion Word origin [1750–60; so called from the use of its leaves as an infusion]This word is first recorded in the period 1750–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bunker, infiltrate, railroad, summation, totemExamples of 'tea tree' in a sentence |
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