tisane
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- noun
- /tɪˈzæn/
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tisana
- At the café, I chose a peppermint tisane as a refreshing alternative to traditional tea.
- tisane or infusion
- a soothing herbal tisane
- make a great tisane
Examples
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The later medieval version in France had the name tisane.
Academic text (1994) -
"Ulfra, my sweet, will you kindly take Opaline along to the kitchen for her tisane?
Fiction book (1993) -
A tisane? "Zenobia swallowed the reply that came to her lips and forced the opening she had planned.
Fiction book (1990) -
In any self-respecting French café, a tisane is an herbal tea.
Academic text (1994) -
They sound like a medieval society dedicated to ruling the Earth through the use of herbs, tisanes, and boiled sweets.
Blog text (21) -
In the afternoon, I love to relax with a warm tisane made from chamomile and honey.
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She prepared a soothing tisane using dried lavender and lemon balm to help her sleep.
Synonyms
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The dried leaves used to make a hot drink
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Etymology
Tisane comes from an old Greek-Latin word ptisana that meant a 'boiled barley' drink used as medicine, and French later dropped the first p. So today a tisane is a gentle herbal infusion, a caffeine-free 'tea' often drunk for health or comfort.