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Definition of Arabian tea

1. Noun. The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant. "In Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arabian Tea

Literary usage of Arabian tea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"arabian tea Is dishwater to a dish of whey.' The enemies of the new fashion attacked it as an innocent pretext for bringing together the wicked of both ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"... is extensively cultivated in the interior of Arabia, and the leaves, known as Khat, Cafta or arabian tea, are used both as a beverage and for chewing. ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1912)
"... is extensively cultivated in the interior of Arabia, and the leaves, known as Khat, Cafta or arabian tea, are used both as a beverage and for chewing. ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1912)
"... is extensively cultivated in the interior of Arabia, and the leaves, known as Khat, Cafta or arabian tea, are used both as a beverage and for chewing. ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"arabian tea, the Abyssinian or sometimes the Algerian tea.— Assam tea. See def. 2. - Australian tea. See tea- free,—Ayapana tea, a tea made from ayapana, ..."

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