camomile tea
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈkæməˌmaɪl ti/
- UK
:
manzanilla
- I made you chamomile tea since you've been having so much trouble sleeping lately.
- a cup of chamomile tea
- chamomile tea bags
- make chamomile tea
Steven walked in with my chamomile tea and just as I was about to put it to my lips I was struck by the most unnerving thought.
- Steven walked in with my chamomile tea and just as I was about to put it to my lips I was struck by the most unnerving thought.
- But what they don't understand is chamomile tea, right?
- So anyway, I'm thinking maybe I'm, you know, I've had some bad chamomile tea or I've had a bad donut or something.
Examples
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I'll make you a chamomile tea to help with the jet lag.
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A cup of chamomile tea is brought to him.
Fiction book (1995) -
Can we have some chamomile tea, please?
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Here you go-- one chamomile tea.
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I made you some camomile tea.
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Do you want some camomile tea?
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"Would you like me to make a cup of chamomile tea for you?"
Fiction book (1995) -
Chamomile tea should help me sleep and not worry, or at least I hope it does!
Blog text (28) -
I am currently relaxing with a cup of chamomile tea while blogging and petting Oscar.
Blog text (28) -
Later, she sat in bed, drinking a cup of camomile tea and watching the news.
Synonyms
17
1.3
A hot drink made from herbs or other plants, not tea leaves
1
3.0
A hot drink made by soaking plant leaves or flowers in hot water
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4.2
A small plant with white, daisy-like flowers used to make calming tea
A plant with small white flowers or a tea made from them to help you relax
How Calming
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a drink made by infusing camomile flowers' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'camomile' (an herbal plant) with 'tea' (a drink). The noun+noun compounding pattern 'X tea' is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand this MWE.
Etymology
Camomile tea comes from the small, daisy-like flower camomile, which people put in hot water like a tea to make a warm drink. For centuries people drank it to calm down and help them sleep, so today camomile tea is known as a 'calming' drink for bedtime.