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Tea

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

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Beverage 76% connected

Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Drinkable 76% connected

Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Meal 76% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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Potable 76% connected

Fit to be drunk; drinkable.

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Repast 76% connected

The act of taking food.

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Cupper 76% connected

One who performs the operation of cupping.

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Herbal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to herbs.

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Oolong 76% connected

A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea.

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Caffeine 70% connected

A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from gu…

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Theine 70% connected

See Caffeine. Called also theina.

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