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HERBAL TEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does herbal tea mean?
• HERBAL TEA (noun)
The noun HERBAL TEA has 1 sense:
1. tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
Familiarity information: HERBAL TEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("herbal tea" is a kind of...):
tea (a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herbal tea"):
tisane (infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves)
Context examples
An herbal tea mixture that contains burdock root, Indian rhubarb root, sheep sorrel, and slippery elm bark.
(Essiac, NCI Dictionary)
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