Definition of "tea leaves" []

• Plural form of tea leaf. (noun)

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• "Then she was on the swaybacked davenport, holding a cup of hot water that smelled of tea—they could only change the tea leaves once a week, and this was Friday, she thought irrelevantly."
• "Swishing it around, she turned the cup around three times—counterclockwise, of course—and tilted it into the light so that she could see the tea leaves left within."
• "Oolong tea has a unique appearance in which the tea leaves look like they have been rolled up in small semi-balls, which is achieved through a unique ball-rolling step during processing."