green tea

noun

: tea that is light in color and made from leaves that have not been oxidized before drying

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Don’t take your food for granted My aunt drinks green tea every day and eats a variety of vegetables, tofu and fish. Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 The featured drink specials will be $8 Guinness and green beers, $8 green tea shots, $8 Irish coffees and $13 Jameson & Mario’s Hard Espresso cold brew martinis. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025 Key ingredients: aloe vera, green tea, charcoal, lavender, lotus flower, etc. Annie Blackman, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025 Certain foods and drinks, such as water, cranberry juice, green tea, hibiscus, blueberries, probiotics, and garlic can help to relieve symptoms. Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for green tea

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of green tea was in 1704

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“Green tea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20tea. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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green tea

noun
: tea that is light in color from incomplete fermentation of the leaf before drying

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