Paraguay tea

American  

noun

1. mate.

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Paraguay tea British  

noun

1. another name for maté

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Etymology

Origin of Paraguay tea

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

In the better class of houses he was offered Paraguay tea, or mattee, an infusion of a South American herb.

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Ser′on, a bale of about 200 lb. of Paraguay tea wrapped in hide.

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Among useful plants belonging to the American continent are maize, the potato, cacao, tobacco, cinchona, vanilla, Paraguay tea, &c.

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The physiological action of coffee mainly depends on the presence of the alkaloid caffeine, which occurs also in tea, Paraguay tea, and cola nuts, and is very similar to theobromine, the active principle in cocoa.

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As I live, it is the yerba maté, the “Paraguay tea.”

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