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Paraguay
(ˈpærəgweɪ, now usu. -gwaɪ)
[The name of a river and Republic of South America.]
1. The South American shrub Ilex paraguayensis, commonly called Maté, the leaves of which are dried or roasted, and infused as a beverage in the same way as tea. Hence Paraguay-tea.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Paraguay,..a celebrated plant of the shrub kind..better known among us under the denomination of South-Sea Tea. Ibid., The use of Paraguay began lately to obtain in England; where many people seemed to like it as well as tea. 1793B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies I. 476 Ilex Cassine. Paraguay Tea. 1802Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v., The valuable herb called Paraguay,..the infusion of which is drank, in all the Spanish provinces of S. America, instead of tea. 1825J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. i. 200 Paraguay tea..is used [in Brazil] as a substitute for that of China. 1839W. Parish Buenos Ayres xv. 347 Even the yerba-maté, or Paraguay tea..is now introduced from the southern provinces of Brazil. 1856Househ. Words 3 May 377/2 An eligible draught presents itself in the shape of Yerva de Paraguay, or Paraguay tea. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Paraguay-tea, the leaves of the South American holly, Ilex Paraguensis. 1924Record & Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. II. 92 Holly bushes, the source of the famous Brazilian or Paraguay tea or ‘herva mate’. 1937A. F. Hill Econ. Bot. xxi. 510 Paraguay tea..is next to coffee, tea, and cocoa in importance.
2. Paraguay herb: see quots.
1748Earthquake of Peru iii. 263 They make use of the Herb of Paraguay, which some call St. Bartholomew's Herb. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 396 Paraguay Herb (Vandellia diffusa, L.).—Small herb. In South America this plant is used as an emetic. |