Cha (chä), n. [Chin. ch‘a.] [Also chaa, chais, tsia, etc.]
Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled
tea used in Central Asia. A pot with hot water . . . made with the
powder of a
certain herb called
chaa, which is much esteemed. Tr. J.
Van Linschoten's Voyages
(1598).
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