Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An herbal infusion or similar preparation drunk as a beverage or for its mildly medicinal effect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A decoction with medicinal properties. Compare
ptisan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) See
ptisan .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A medicinal drink made from barley soaked in water
- noun Any infusion or drink, especially medicinal or curative, made by
steeping in hot water; a herbal tea
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The drinking of healthy herbal brews has a long history - the word tisane is derived from the Greek ptisane, which referred to a drink made from barley.
A Nice Cuppa 2009
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• Herbal: Also referred to as a tisane, herbal teas incorporate flowers, roots, herbs, and spices, but contain no actual tea.
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But here is what I have done today: I have used up the last of a kind of tisane (herbal tea) and a kind of hot chocolate.
mrissa: temporary champion mrissa 2010
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But here is what I have done today: I have used up the last of a kind of tisane (herbal tea) and a kind of hot chocolate.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2010
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H&S’s line of fruit “teas” are all a mixture of dried fruit, rather than dried herbs (aka a tisane) or dried tea leaves (aka tea).
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H&S’s line of fruit “teas” are all a mixture of dried fruit, rather than dried herbs (aka a tisane) or dried tea leaves (aka tea).
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H&S’s line of fruit “teas” are all a mixture of dried fruit, rather than dried herbs (aka a tisane) or dried tea leaves (aka tea).
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A type of tisane and a type of hot chocolate completely used up!
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2010
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For whatever reason, hot chocolate does not appeal with this kind of sick, so I go through a lot of tisane.
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Also, I have now tried all the kinds of tisane in the house and sorted them for which ones are to go find themselves new homes and which ones are to get drunk up by me.
fbharjo commented on the word tisane
tea-stain?
disdain?
January 26, 2013