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tea plant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The bush Camellia sinensis, the leaves of which are picked, dried and used to make the beverage tea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: te — Camellia sinensis
  • Catalan: planta del te — Camellia sinensis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶樹 /茶树 (cháshù) — Camellia sinensis
  • Czech: čajovník — Camellia sinensis
  • Dutch: theestruik — Camellia sinensis
  • Estonian: teepõõsas — Camellia sinensis
  • Finnish: teepensas — Camellia sinensis
  • French: théier — Camellia sinensis
  • Galician: planta do té — Camellia sinensis
  • German: Teepflanze — Camellia sinensis
  • Italian: pianta del tè — Camellia sinensis
  • Japanese: 茶の木 (cha no ki) — Camellia sinensis
  • Kikuyu: icani — Camellia sinensis
  • Korean: 차나무 (chanamu) — Camellia sinensis
  • Polish: herbata — Camellia sinensis
  • Portuguese: chá — Camellia sinensis
  • Romanian: ceai — Camellia sinensis
  • Russian: чай (čaj) — Camellia sinensis
  • Russian: ча́йный куст (čájnyj kust) — Camellia sinensis
  • Shan: ၼဵင်ႈ (nāeng) — Camellia sinensis
  • Shan: ယိုဝ်ႉ (yṵ̂e) — Camellia sinensis
  • Sikkimese: ཇ་ཞིང (ja zhing) — Camellia sinensis
  • Spanish: planta de té — Camellia sinensis
  • Swahili: mchai — Camellia sinensis
  • Welsh: coeden de — Camellia sinensis
  • Yakut: чэй ыарҕата (čey ïarğata) — Camellia sinensis