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

Last year a campaign to launch Paraguay tea in New York as "a new drink with a.new kick" petered out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hard-boiled Argentine reason for the embargo: an "infant industry" producing Paraguay tea in Argentina has been started in the past few years, gives employment to some 50.000 Argentine laborers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mate, Yerba, or Paraguay tea has been a national beverage for millions of people in the central portions of South America for several centuries.

From Tea Leaves by Leggett, Francis

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

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

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various