flowering tea

noun

A type of tea originating in China consisting of a bundle of dried tea leaves and one or more dried flowers, made to unfurl decoratively like a blossoming flower when hot water is added to steep it.

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Meanings

nounflowering tea (usually uncountable, plural flowering teas)

plural flowering teas

  1. uncountableusuallyA type of tea originating in China consisting of a bundle of dried tea leaves and one or more dried flowers, made to unfurl decoratively like a blossoming flower when hot water is added to steep it.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 花茶
  • 花茶 (huāchá)Chinese tea
Finnish teekukka
  • teekukkaChinese tea
Russian свя́занный чай, цвето́чный чай
  • свя́занный чай (svjázannyj čaj)Chinese tea
  • цвето́чный чай (cvetóčnyj čaj)Chinese tea
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flowering tea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flowering%20tea.

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