Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The plant that yields tea. See
tea , 2.
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Examples
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Nature meant very gently by women when she made that tea-plant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the tea-pot and cup!
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Shat, the province where the tea-plant is produced, is situated to the north of Enarea, and is watered by the river called
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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The tea-plant has been successfully cultivated, on a large scale, in the island of Madeira, at an elevation of 3,000 feet above the level of the sea, by Mr. Hy.
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The buds and blossoms of the latter did not appear until a fortnight after the black tea-plant.
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The two chief plants laid under contribution are, however, the Chinese tea-plant, and a species of holly peculiar to South America, producing the Paraguay tea.
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Here are some particulars about the tea-plant: -- In the plantations around
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous
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The tea-plant was at one time introduced into South Carolina, where its culture appears to have been attended with but little success.
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The cultivation of the tea-plant is by no means confined to any one district or spot, but is scattered about through the different provinces, each producing its peculiar description known to the trade by its distinctive name.
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In this same garden the tea-plant thrived; the proprietor, Count S----, makes an annual _racolte_ of its leaves, which he keeps for his own teapot.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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All vegetation may be retarded, or lessened, or augmented, in its production, in a slight degree, by excessive rains, or drought, or cold, or heat, or atmospheric action; but the tea-plant is sure to produce its leaf.
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