yerban.
/ˈjəːbə/ In full yerba-maté n. /ˈjɜːbə ˈmæteɪ/ = maté n.3 2, 3.
/ˈjɜːbə ˈmæteɪ/ = maté n.3 2, 3.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > infused leaves, flowers, or fruit > [noun] > maté
Paraguay1728
Paraguay tea1737
maté1758
yerba1818
yerba-maté1839
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] > types of
herb of Paraguay1672
Indian tea1709
Algerian tea1728
Appalachian tea1728
Arabian tea1728
Canary tea1728
golden rod tea1728
Malay tea1728
Paraguay1728
South Sea tea1728
monarda1752
Oswego tea1752
Paraguay tea1760
Labrador tea1767
maté1768
marsh rosemary1777
blue mountain tea1785
alstonia1806
Ceylon tea1814
Canada tea1817
yerba-maté1818
honey bush1840
Wild Bergamot1843
Hottentot tea1850
kaffir tea1850
khat1858
Brazil tea1866
Mexican tea1866
St. Helena tea1875
rooibos1915
redbush1946
Hudson's Bay tea1948
bergamot1958
1818 Amer. State Papers, For. Relat. (1834) IV. 279 The yerba is used in decoction, like the tea of China.
1839 W. Parish Buenos Ayres xv. 347 Even the yerba-maté, or Paraguay tea..is now introduced from the southern provinces of Brazil.
1843 Chem. Gaz. 1 Mar. 233 Yerba Maté, or Paraguay Tea.
1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life I. vii. 184 A kind of arch..upon which the Yerba branches are placed.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Yerva-mate.
1902 H. H. Prichard Thro' Heart of Patagonia xii. 177 He seemed to have no provisions, only a bag of yerba.
Derivatives
yerbal n. /jɜːˈbɑːl/ [Spanish yerbál] a grove or plantation of yerba.
/jɜːˈbɑːl/ [Spanish yerbál] a grove or plantation of yerba.ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] > assemblage of
yerbal1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Yerbal, a forest or wild grove of the Ilex Paraguayensis, the holly from the leaves of which the Paraguay tea is obtained.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 627/1 A yerbal or maté wood.
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