herbal tea

noun

A beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).

Meanings

nounherbal tea (countable and uncountable, plural herbal teas)

plural herbal teas

  1. countableuncountableA beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).

    Synonyms: herb tea, tisane

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).

More synonyms by meaning

nountea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian билков чай
  • билков чай (bilkov čaj)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Catalan tisana, infusió
  • tisanabeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • infusióbeverage made by infusion of herbs
Chinese Cantonese 涼茶 /凉茶
  • 涼茶 /凉茶 (loeng⁴ caa⁴)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Chinese Mandarin 草本茶, 花草茶
  • 草本茶 (cǎoběnchá)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • 花草茶 (huācǎochá)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • 涼茶 /凉茶 (liángchá)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • 藥茶 /药茶 (yàochá)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • 草藥茶 /草药茶 (cǎoyàochá)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • 青草茶 (qīngcǎochá)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Czech bylinný čaj, bylinkový čaj
  • bylinný čajbeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • bylinkový čajbeverage made by infusion of herbs
Dutch kruidenthee
  • kruidentheebeverage made by infusion of herbs
Esperanto tizano
  • tizanobeverage made by infusion of herbs
Finnish yrttitee
  • yrttiteebeverage made by infusion of herbs
French tisane, infusion
  • tisanebeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • infusionbeverage made by infusion of herbs
German Kräutertee
  • Kräuterteebeverage made by infusion of herbs
Icelandic jurtate
  • jurtatebeverage made by infusion of herbs
Italian tisana
  • tisanabeverage made by infusion of herbs
Japanese ハーブティー
  • ハーブティー (hābu tī)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Korean 허브티
  • 허브티 (heobeuti)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Māori tī amiami
  • tī amiamibeverage made by infusion of herbs
Norwegian Bokmål urtete
  • urtetebeverage made by infusion of herbs
Persian دمنوش
  • دمنوش (damnuš)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Polish herbata ziołowa, napar
  • herbata ziołowabeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • naparbeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • infuzjabeverage made by infusion of herbs
Portuguese tisana, infusão
  • tisanabeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • infusãobeverage made by infusion of herbs
Russian травяно́й чай, цвето́чный чай
  • травяно́й чай (travjanój čaj)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • цвето́чный чай (cvetóčnyj čaj)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • фиточа́й (fitočáj)beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • отва́р из трав (otvár iz trav)beverage made by infusion of herbs
Spanish tisana, infusión
  • tisanabeverage made by infusion of herbs
  • infusiónbeverage made by infusion of herbs
Swedish örtte
  • örttebeverage made by infusion of herbs
Thai ชาสมุนไพร
  • ชาสมุนไพรbeverage made by infusion of herbs
Turkish bitki çayı
  • bitki çayıbeverage made by infusion of herbs
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