Paraguay tea

American  

noun

1. mate.

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Paraguay tea British  

noun

1. another name for maté

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Etymology

Origin of Paraguay tea

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Hard-boiled Argentine reason for the embargo: an "infant industry" producing Paraguay tea in Argentina has been started in the past few years, gives employment to some 50.000 Argentine laborers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last year a campaign to launch Paraguay tea in New York as "a new drink with a.new kick" petered out.

From Time Magazine Archive

The testimony in regard to the effects of tea, coffee, Paraguay tea, Guarana and Kola nuts, is all of a similar character to that upon coca.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

Mate, Yerba, or Paraguay tea has been a national beverage for millions of people in the central portions of South America for several centuries.

From Tea Leaves by Leggett, Francis

The two chief plants laid under contribution are, however, the Chinese tea-plant, and a species of holly peculiar to South America, producing the Paraguay tea.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.