tea treen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtea-tree.

1. The shrub or low tree, the dried leaves of which form the tea of commerce; = tea n.¹ 3.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun]

tea1663

tea-shrub1704

tea-plant1728

tea tree1760

tea-bush1908

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 329 Tea-tree, Thea.

1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 151/2 The Duke of Northumberland has at this time a tea-tree in full flower. It is the first that ever flowered in Europe.

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 377 The flowers of the tea-tree are white, and resemble the wild rose.

1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 97/2 An indigenous tea-tree..is found in Assam.

a. transferred. Applied in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand to various shrubs or trees of the myrtle family, chiefly of the genera Leptospermum and Melaleuca, of which the leaves have been used as a substitute for tea.(Often spelt ti-tree, occasionally ti-tri, as if an indigenous name.) Also with qualifying words denoting different species.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] > name applied to various types of myrtle

myrtle1578

Jew's myrtle1775

tea tree1790

1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 229 Tea Tree of New South Wales. Melaleuca? Trinervia.

1802 G. Barrington Hist. New S. Wales ix. 331 The roof was bark, resembling that of the Tea-tree at Port Jackson.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom xc. 350 Leptospermum scoparium, or New Zealand Tea-tree... The leaves of this species were used by Captain Cook's crew as a substitute for tea.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 674 L[eptospermum] lanigerum,..commonly called Tea tree on account of its leaves having been used by the early settlers..as a substitute for tea.

1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 112 The bottle-brush flowers of the ti-trees.

1891 Mrs. P. Martin Coo-ee 282 The brown twisted branches of the ti-trees..shook their scented bottle-brush blossoms in our faces.

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Broad-leaved tea-tree, a myrtaceous shrub or tree, Callistemon salignus, of Australia and Tasmania... Prickly tea-tree, same as naambarr [Melaleuca styphelioides, of New S. Wales]. Red Scrub tea-tree, the Australian Rhodamnia trinervia, a myrtaceous shrub or tree.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 4/1 A Winter Scene in Australia... Down by the sea the tea-tree is commencing to weave its veil of flowers.

b. attributive, as tea-tree bark, tea-tree bush, tea-tree marsh, tea-tree oil, tea-tree scrub.

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1820 C. Jeffreys Van Dieman's Land iii. 133 For tea they [the Bush Rangers] drink a decoction of the sassafras and other shrubs, particularly one which they call the tea-tree bush.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xx. 17 Building comfortable huts of tea-tree bark.

1835 J. Batman in K. Cornwallis Panorama New World (1859) I. 406 A dense tea-tree scrub, which we knew to be the surest indication of good water in its neighbourhood.

1883 C. Harpur Poems 78 Why roar the bull-frogs in the tea-tree marsh?

1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 July 19/2 The distillation of essential oil from Melaleuca alternifolia (tea-tree) has become an established N.S.W. industry... Some 40 tea-tree-oil preparations are on the market.

1954 Econ. Bot. 8 324/1 Tea-Tree Oil... Collection of leaf material differs from that in operation for eucalyptus leaves.

3. Applied to various other trees: see tea n.¹ 6; in Great Britain esp. to the flowering shrub Lycium barbarum or chinense (N.O. Solanaceæ), a native of China, also called Duke of Argyll's tea tree (see quot. 1838). African tea tree n. Lycium afrum. Ceylon tea tree n. etc.: see quots.

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1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 130 The spruce and the tea-trees.

1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 113 Ceanothus Americanus, New Jersey Tea-tree.

1838 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Trees & Shrubs III. 1269 One species, L[ycium] barbarum, is commonly called the Duke of Argyll's tea tree from the circumstance of a tea plant, (Thea viridis), having been sent to the Duke of Argyll at the same time as this plant, and the labels having been accidentally changed.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom lxiv. 231 Elæodendron glaucum, a native of Ceylon and Coromandel, has been introduced [into S. Africa] under the name of Ceylon Tea Tree.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Tea-plant, or Tea-tree,..African, Lycium afrum...—, Blue Mountain, or Golden-rod, Solidago odora...—, St. Helena, Beatsonia portulacæfolia...—, Surinam, various species of Lantana.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 Feb. 5/1 The plant commonly known as the Duke of Argyll's tea tree, belonging to the same natural order (Solanaceæ) as the potato and tomato.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tea tree
释义	tea treen. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtea-tree. 1. The shrub or low tree, the dried leaves of which form the tea of commerce; = tea n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] tea1663 tea-shrub1704 tea-plant1728 tea tree1760 tea-bush1908 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 329 Tea-tree, Thea. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 151/2 The Duke of Northumberland has at this time a tea-tree in full flower. It is the first that ever flowered in Europe. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 377 The flowers of the tea-tree are white, and resemble the wild rose. 1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 97/2 An indigenous tea-tree..is found in Assam. 2. a. transferred. Applied in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand to various shrubs or trees of the myrtle family, chiefly of the genera Leptospermum and Melaleuca, of which the leaves have been used as a substitute for tea.(Often spelt ti-tree, occasionally ti-tri, as if an indigenous name.) Also with qualifying words denoting different species. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] > name applied to various types of myrtle myrtle1578 Jew's myrtle1775 tea tree1790 1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 229 Tea Tree of New South Wales. Melaleuca? Trinervia. 1802 G. Barrington Hist. New S. Wales ix. 331 The roof was bark, resembling that of the Tea-tree at Port Jackson. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom xc. 350 Leptospermum scoparium, or New Zealand Tea-tree... The leaves of this species were used by Captain Cook's crew as a substitute for tea. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 674 L[eptospermum] lanigerum,..commonly called Tea tree on account of its leaves having been used by the early settlers..as a substitute for tea. 1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 112 The bottle-brush flowers of the ti-trees. 1891 Mrs. P. Martin Coo-ee 282 The brown twisted branches of the ti-trees..shook their scented bottle-brush blossoms in our faces. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Broad-leaved tea-tree, a myrtaceous shrub or tree, Callistemon salignus, of Australia and Tasmania... Prickly tea-tree, same as naambarr [Melaleuca styphelioides, of New S. Wales]. Red Scrub tea-tree, the Australian Rhodamnia trinervia, a myrtaceous shrub or tree. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 4/1 A Winter Scene in Australia... Down by the sea the tea-tree is commencing to weave its veil of flowers. b. attributive, as tea-tree bark, tea-tree bush, tea-tree marsh, tea-tree oil, tea-tree scrub. ΚΠ 1820 C. Jeffreys Van Dieman's Land iii. 133 For tea they [the Bush Rangers] drink a decoction of the sassafras and other shrubs, particularly one which they call the tea-tree bush. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xx. 17 Building comfortable huts of tea-tree bark. 1835 J. Batman in K. Cornwallis Panorama New World (1859) I. 406 A dense tea-tree scrub, which we knew to be the surest indication of good water in its neighbourhood. 1883 C. Harpur Poems 78 Why roar the bull-frogs in the tea-tree marsh? 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 July 19/2 The distillation of essential oil from Melaleuca alternifolia (tea-tree) has become an established N.S.W. industry... Some 40 tea-tree-oil preparations are on the market. 1954 Econ. Bot. 8 324/1 Tea-Tree Oil... Collection of leaf material differs from that in operation for eucalyptus leaves. 3. Applied to various other trees: see tea n.¹ 6; in Great Britain esp. to the flowering shrub Lycium barbarum or chinense (N.O. Solanaceæ), a native of China, also called Duke of Argyll's tea tree (see quot. 1838). African tea tree n. Lycium afrum. Ceylon tea tree n. etc.: see quots. ΚΠ 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 130 The spruce and the tea-trees. 1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 113 Ceanothus Americanus, New Jersey Tea-tree. 1838 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Trees & Shrubs III. 1269 One species, L[ycium] barbarum, is commonly called the Duke of Argyll's tea tree from the circumstance of a tea plant, (Thea viridis), having been sent to the Duke of Argyll at the same time as this plant, and the labels having been accidentally changed. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom lxiv. 231 Elæodendron glaucum, a native of Ceylon and Coromandel, has been introduced [into S. Africa] under the name of Ceylon Tea Tree. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Tea-plant, or Tea-tree,..African, Lycium afrum...—, Blue Mountain, or Golden-rod, Solidago odora...—, St. Helena, Beatsonia portulacæfolia...—, Surinam, various species of Lantana. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 Feb. 5/1 The plant commonly known as the Duke of Argyll's tea tree, belonging to the same natural order (Solanaceæ) as the potato and tomato. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1760
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