tea tree en · NOUN
Meanings
- The tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
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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).
- 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).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tea trees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Synonyms
manuka (Leptospermum scoparium)
Translations (10)
de Südseemyrte (Leptospermum scoparium) · cmn 茶樹 /茶树 (Leptospermum scoparium) · de Teebaum (Melaleuca alternifolia) · el τεϊόδεντρο (Melaleuca alternifolia) · de Manuka-Strauch (Leptospermum scoparium) · fi paperikaarnamyrtti (Melaleuca alternifolia) · mi kātoa (Leptospermum scoparium) · de Australischer Teebaum (Melaleuca alternifolia) · fi ruusumyrtti (Leptospermum scoparium) · de Manuka-Busch (Leptospermum scoparium)