yerba mate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yerba mate
First recorded in 1835–40; from South American Spanish: yerba “herb” + mate 3
Example Sentences
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I was having the Cuban plate—rice and a hot dog and a fried banana—and hot, sweet yerba-maté tea.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015
The leaves beaten into a finish powder furnished the `Paraguayan tea', called yerba-maté by the Spaniards and caa by the Indians, from which the Jesuits derived a handsome revenue.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
As well as yerba-maté, they sent great quantities of hides.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
Cotton and linen cloth, tobacco, hides, woods of the various hard-wood forests of the country, and, above all, yerba-maté, were their chief articles of export to the outside world.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
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