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# The [[tea plant]] (''[[Camellia sinensis]]''), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
# The [[tea plant]] ({{taxfmt|Camellia sinensis|species}}), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
# The tree {{taxlink|Melaleuca alternifolia|species}}, from which [[tea tree oil]] is obtained.
# The tree {{taxlink|Melaleuca alternifolia|species}}, from which [[tea tree oil]] is obtained.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1938|author={{w|Norman Lindsay}}| title=Age of Consent| publisher=Ure Smith| location=Sydney| year_published=1962| page=77| passage=It was a subject requiring the figure. The figure of a girl standing in the water, dappled by light and shade through the '''tea-tree''', with the sunlit bank behind her. Bradly scanned the lagoon up and down, searching the clumps of mangrove for the figure of a girl.}}
#* {{RQ:Lindsay Age of Consent|year=1962|page=77|passage=It was a subject requiring the figure. The figure of a girl standing in the water, dappled by light and shade through the '''tea-tree''', with the sunlit bank behind her. Bradly scanned the lagoon up and down, searching the clumps of mangrove for the figure of a girl.}}
# A shrub or small [[tree]] native to [[New Zealand]] and southeast Australia (''[[Leptospermum scoparium]]'').
# A shrub or small [[tree]] native to [[New Zealand]] and southeast Australia ({{taxfmt|Leptospermum scoparium|species}}).
# The [[kanuka]], {{taxlink|Kunzea ericoides|species}}.
# The [[kanuka]], {{taxlink|Kunzea ericoides|species}}.
#The {{vern|duke of Argyll's tea tree}} (''[[Lycium barbarum]]''), also known as [[wolfberry]] or [[matrimony vine]].
# The {{vern|duke of Argyll's tea tree}} ({{taxfmt|Lycium barbarum|species}}), also known as [[wolfberry]] or [[matrimony vine]].
# The {{vern|shrub ti}} (''[[Cordyline fruticosa]]'').
# The {{vern|shrub ti}} ({{taxfmt|Cordyline fruticosa|species}}).


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
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====Hypernyms====
====Hypernyms====
* {{l|en|tree}}
* {{l|en|tree}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Tea Tree Gully}}
* {{l|en|tea tree oil}}


====Translations====
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{{trans-top|''Melaleuca alternifolia''}}
{{trans-top|''Melaleuca alternifolia''}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|paperikaarnamyrtti}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|paperikaarnamyrtti}}
* German: {{t|de|Teebaum|m}}, {{t|de|Australischer Teebaum|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Teebaum|m}}, {{t|de|Australischer Teebaum|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τεϊόδεντρο|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τεϊόδεντρο|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|''Leptospermum scoparium''}}
{{trans-top|''Leptospermum scoparium''}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|茶樹|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|茶树|tr=cháshù|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|茶樹|tr=cháshù}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ruusumyrtti}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ruusumyrtti}}
* German: {{t|de|Südseemyrte|f}}, {{t|de|Manuka-Strauch|m}}, {{t|de|Manuka-Busch|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Südseemyrte|f}}, {{t|de|Manuka-Strauch|m}}, {{t|de|Manuka-Busch|m}}
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* {{pedia}}


[[Category:en:Asparagus family plants]]
{{C|en|Asparagus family plants|Ericales order plants|Myrtle family plants|Nightshades}}
[[Category:en:Ericales order plants]]
[[Category:en:Myrtle family plants]]
[[Category:en:Nightshades]]

Latest revision as of 12:49, 27 September 2024

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Noun

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tea tree (plural tea trees)

  1. The tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
  2. The tree Melaleuca alternifolia, from which tea tree oil is obtained.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 77:
      It was a subject requiring the figure. The figure of a girl standing in the water, dappled by light and shade through the tea-tree, with the sunlit bank behind her. Bradly scanned the lagoon up and down, searching the clumps of mangrove for the figure of a girl.
  3. A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia (Leptospermum scoparium).
  4. The kanuka, Kunzea ericoides.
  5. The duke of Argyll's tea tree (Lycium barbarum), also known as wolfberry or matrimony vine.
  6. The shrub ti (Cordyline fruticosa).

Synonyms

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  • (Leptospermum scoparium): manuka

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