tea leaf

1. (Plants) the dried leaf of the tea shrub, used to make tea

2. (usually plural) shredded parts of these leaves, esp after infusion

3. slang Brit and Austral a thief

[sense 3 rhyming slang]

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Noun

tea leaf - dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"

tea

herb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

tea bag - a measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea

tea - a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink"

black tea - fermented tea leaves

green tea - tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting

oolong - Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried

Camellia sinensis, tea - a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers"

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The Swansea-led research team were therefore exploring a non-toxic plant-based alternative method of producing the dots using tea leaf extract.

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Elsewhere, Gregg's coinvestigator Cherry Healey (also enthusiastic - she occasionally says "wowsers") is discovering the secrets of the tea leaf in an African tea processing plant.

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