tea tree

noun

a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion.

Origin of tea tree

First recorded in 1750–60; so called from the use of its leaves as an infusion

Words Nearby tea tree

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How to use tea tree in a sentence

They’re hypoallergenic and infused with natural tea tree oil, peppermint, aloe, and ginseng.
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Thankfully, these products come in a wide array of scents like tea tree, lavender, rose, mint, and sage.
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“Natural oils such as lavender and tea tree oil help take out the sting and unpleasantness of mosquito bites,” says Mosquito Joe’s David Price.
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Save for eucalyptus and tea tree, every soap fragrance is something I’d definitely order at an ice cream shop.
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In New Zealand, we would often use manuka, a native variety of tea tree.
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It lives chiefly on the potato, and the Lycium barbarum, sometimes called the tea-tree, a shrub belonging to the Solanace.
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One shot was enough for each hog; after receiving it he retired hastily into the tea-tree and never came out again.
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Petiver considered our plant as a species of tea tree; future observations will probably confirm his conjecture.
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These pools were generally lined with patches of a narrow-leaved tea tree; and were full of basaltic pebbles.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
Upon reaching the tree we found an infant swaddled in layers of tea-tree bark, lying on the ground; and three or four large yams.
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British Dictionary definitions for tea tree

tea tree

noun

any of various myrtaceous trees of the genus Leptospermum, of Australia and New Zealand, that yield an oil used as an antiseptic

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