green tea · noun1
- Chinese · calque of綠茶 /绿茶
- English todaygreen tea
Green Tea · proper noun2
Calques of Japanese 緑 (みどり midori) and 茶 (お茶 ocha), homonymous to green tea.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
green tea
Today it means: Leaves of the tea plant which are treated with steam or roasted to denature the enzymes that cause the leaves to darken and change taste. (Without this step they would become oolong tea or black tea). Full definition →
Chinese 綠茶 /绿茶