WHAT IS TEA? DEFINITION: tea, n. [D. thee; Malay teh ; Chin. dial. t'e, for Mandarin ch'a, tea.]
1. a white-flowered evergreen plant, Theasinensis, grown in China, India, Japan etc. 2. its dried and prepared leaves, used to make a beverage. 3. the beverage made by soaking tea leaves in boiling water.