Definitions for tea-tree

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tea-tree tea tree

Tea-Tree is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in tea-tree (-aeeertt).

Definitions for tea-tree

noun

1. a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion.

Origin of tea-tree

First recorded in 1750-60; so called from the use of its leaves as an infusion

Examples for tea-tree

The tea tree (Thea viridis) is very nearly allied to the Camellia; but there are many points of difference.

Petiver considered our plant as a species of tea tree; future observations will probably confirm his conjecture.