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

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

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

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

The testimony in regard to the effects of tea, coffee, Paraguay tea, Guarana and Kola nuts, is all of a similar character to that upon coca.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

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

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick