Definition of "tea-plant" []

• The plant that yields tea. See tea, 2. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Nature meant very gently by women when she made that tea-plant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the tea-pot and cup!"
• "The tea-plant was at one time introduced into South Carolina, where its culture appears to have been attended with but little success."
• "In this same garden the tea-plant thrived; the proprietor, Count S----, makes an annual _racolte_ of its leaves, which he keeps for his own teapot."