tea tree

English

Noun

tea tree (plural tea trees)

1. (botany) The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
2. (botany) The tree from which tea tree oil is obtained.
3. (botany) A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia, Leptospermum scoparium.
4. (botany) The kanuka, .
5. (botany) The duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry or matrimony vine.
6. (botany) The shrub ti, .

Synonyms

• (Leptospermum scoparium): manuka

Hypernyms

• tree

Translations

Camellia sinensis — see tea plant

Melaleuca alternifolia

• Greek: τεϊόδεντρο (el) n (teïódentro)
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Leptospermum scoparium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茶樹／茶树 (zh) (cháshù), 茶树 (zh) (cháshù)

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• Finnish: ruusumyrtti (fi)
• Maori: kātoa

Kunzea ericoides — see kanuka

Lyceum barbarum

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Cordyline fruticosa — see ti

References

• tea tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia