Meanings
green tea1
plural green teas
- countableuncountableLeaves 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).
...paper by Mr. Warrington, on the analysis of tea, in which he states that he has has not only removed the whole of the coloring matter, or glazing, from green tea, but he has been able to analyze the matter removed....
1847, editorial staff, “Chemical Analysis of Tea”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80Synonyms: cha, char, Rosie, Rosie Lee, Rosy, Rosy Lee, tay, tea
- countableuncountableA beverage brewed from green tea leaves.
Green Tea2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLeaves 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).
proper nounThe ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Ochako Uraraka from the My Hero Academia series.
Origin
green tea · noun
- Chinese綠茶 /绿茶
- Englishgreen tea
Calque of Chinese 綠茶 /绿茶 (lǜchá).
More words from Chinese
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Afrikaans groen tee
- groen teedrink
Arabic شَايْ أَخْضَر, شَايْ أَخْضَر
- شَايْ أَخْضَر (šāy ʔaḵḍar)leaves
- شَايْ أَخْضَر (šāy ʔaḵḍar)drink
Basque te berde
- te berdedrink
Bengali সবুজ চা
- সবুজ চা (śobuj ca)drink
Bulgarian зеле́н чай
- зеле́н чай (zelén čaj)drink
Catalan te verd
- te verddrink
Chinese Cantonese 綠茶 /绿茶
- 綠茶 /绿茶 (luk⁶ caa⁴)drink
Chinese Mandarin 綠茶葉 /绿茶叶, 綠茶 /绿茶
- 綠茶葉 /绿茶叶 (lǜchá yè)leaves
- 綠茶 /绿茶 (lǜchá)drink
Czech zelený čaj, zelený čaj
- zelený čajleaves
- zelený čajdrink
Danish grøn te
- grøn tedrink
Dutch groene thee, groene thee
- groene theeleaves
- groene theedrink
Esperanto verda teo
- verda teodrink
Estonian roheline tee
- roheline teedrink
Finnish vihreä tee, vihreä tee
- vihreä teeleaves
- vihreä teedrink
French thé vert, thé vert
- thé vertleaves
- thé vertdrink
German grüner Tee, grüner Tee
- grüner Teeleaves
- grüner Teedrink
Greek πράσινο τσάι
- πράσινο τσάι (prásino tsái)drink
Hebrew תה ירוק \ תֵּה יָרֹק
- תה ירוק \ תֵּה יָרֹק (te yarók)drink
Hindi हरी चाय, हरी चाय
- हरी चाय (harī cāy)leaves
- हरी चाय (harī cāy)drink
Hungarian zöld tea, zöld tea
- zöld tealeaves
- zöld teadrink
Icelandic grænt te
- grænt tedrink
Indonesian teh hijau
- teh hijaudrink
Irish tae glas
- tae glasdrink
Italian tè verde, tè verde
- tè verdeleaves
- tè verdedrink
Japanese 緑茶, 緑茶
- 緑茶 (ryokucha)leaves
- 緑茶 (ryokucha)drink
Korean 녹차, 록차
- 녹차 (nokcha)leaves
- 록차 (rokcha)leaves
- 녹차 (nokcha)drink
- 록차 (rokcha)drink
Latin thea viridis
- thea viridisdrink
Latvian zaļā tēja
- zaļā tējadrink
Lithuanian žalioji arbata, žalioji arbata
- žalioji arbataleaves
- žalioji arbatadrink
Malay teh hijau
- teh hijaudrink
Norwegian Bokmål grønn te
- grønn tedrink
Polish zielona herbata, zielona herbata
- zielona herbataleaves
- zielona herbatadrink
Portuguese chá verde, chá verde
- chá verdeleaves
- chá verdedrink
Romanian ceai verde
- ceai verdedrink
Russian зелёный чай, зелёный ча́й
- зелёный чай (zeljónyj čaj)leaves
- зелёный ча́й (zeljónyj čáj)drink
Scottish Gaelic tì uaine, tì uaine
- tì uaineleaves
- tì uainedrink
Slovak zelený čaj
- zelený čajdrink
Spanish té verde, té verde
- té verdeleaves
- té verdedrink
Swedish grönt te, grönt te
- grönt teleaves
- grönt tedrink
Tamil பசும் தேநீர், பசும் தேநீர்
- பசும் தேநீர் (pacum tēnīr)leaves
- பசும் தேநீர் (pacum tēnīr)drink
Thai ชาเขียว
- ชาเขียว (chaa-kǐao)drink
Turkish yeşil çay, yeşil çay
- yeşil çayleaves
- yeşil çaydrink
Ukrainian зеле́ний ча́й
- зеле́ний ча́й (zelényj čáj)drink
Urdu ہَری چائے, ہَری چائے
- ہَری چائے (harī cāe)leaves
- ہَری چائے (harī cāe)drink
Vietnamese trà xanh, trà xanh
- trà xanhleaves
- trà xanhdrink
Welsh te gwyrdd, te gwyrdd
- te gwyrddleaves
- te gwyrdddrink
Cite this entry
green tea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20tea
“green tea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20tea. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “green tea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20tea.
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