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green tea

noun
  1. a tea that is steamed to prevent fermentation and then rolled and dried.
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Origin of green tea

First recorded in 1695–1705
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Examples from the Web for green tea

Historical Examples

  • These green-tea dreams and visions were not so much phases of sleep as an intensification and vivid furnishing forth of insomnia.

    Soul of a Bishop

    H. G. Wells

  • Mr Fortune witnessed the process of colouring them in the Hung-chow green-tea country, and describes the process.

British Dictionary definitions for green tea

green tea

noun
  1. a sharp tea made from tea leaves that have been steamed and dried quickly without fermenting
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