tea leaf

tea leaf

n 1. (Plants) the dried leaf of the tea shrub, used to make tea 2. (usually plural) shredded parts of these leaves, esp after infusion 3. slang Brit and Austral a thief [sense 3 rhyming slang]

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tea leaf - dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"teaherb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualitiestea bag - a measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of teatea - a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink"black tea - fermented tea leavesgreen tea - tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermentingoolong - Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being driedCamellia sinensis, tea - a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers"