green tea

noun

a tea that is steamed to prevent fermentation and then rolled and dried.

Origin of green tea

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby green tea

green stamp, green strength, green stuff, green sulfur bacteria, green tax, green tea, green thumb, green turtle, green vegetable, green verditer, green vitriol

Example sentences from the Web for green tea

  • These green-tea dreams and visions were not so much phases of sleep as an intensification and vivid furnishing forth of insomnia.

    Soul of a Bishop |H. G. Wells

  • Mr Fortune witnessed the process of colouring them in the Hung-chow green-tea country, and describes the process.

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for green tea

green tea

noun

a sharp tea made from tea leaves that have been steamed and dried quickly without fermenting