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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

planta de chá

Pronunciation / Transliteration: planta de sha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tea plant/ˈtiː plɑːnt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A planta de chá é essencial para a produção de bebidas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shrub or small tree, Camellia sinensis, whose leaves are used to produce tea.

    "The tea-plant thrives in humid, tropical climates, making regions like Assam ideal for cultivation."
  2. 2

    The source of tea leaves, often cultivated in plantations.

    "Farmers carefully harvest the leaves from the tea-plant to ensure the best flavor in their brews."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'tea' (ultimately from the Min Nan Chinese word 'tê') combined with 'plant' from the Latin 'planta'. The term has been used botanically and agriculturally since the global expansion of the tea trade in the 17th and 18th centuries to designate the specific evergreen shrub cultivated for its leaves.

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