Mexican tea

noun

1. a goosefoot, Chenopodium ambrosioides, having strong-smelling leaves sometimes used medicinally or as flavoring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mexican tea¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

There'd be hampers full of kimonos and Mexican tea sets, we'd put on plays.

From The Guardian

Spikes dense, leafy Mexican Tea, Chenopodium ambrosioides. 14b.

From Project Gutenberg

I would like to try the Mexican Tea, because you want me to, but mother says no, she doesn't believe in it, and Burtons Bitters are a great deal healthier.

From Project Gutenberg

And I'm going to take a dose of Mexican Tea every two hours.

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All day she sat in the kitchen and worked buttonholes, subsisting on bread and water and Mexican Tea.

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