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noun
A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any beverage of herbs steeped in hot water, similar to tea but not including true tea leaves; herbal tea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb tea, herbal tea, herbal
Narrower terms: camomile tea
History
From Anglo-Norman tysanne, Middle French ptisane, tisane (“barley water, medicinal drink”), and their source, Latin tisana, variant of ptisana, from Ancient Greek πτισάνη (ptisánē, “peeled barley, barley gruel”), from πτίσσειν (ptíssein, “to peel, to crush”).
