maté
/ˈmɑːteɪ/(亦作yerba maté)
noun
mass noun
1
- （亦作maté tea）an infusion of the leaves of a South American shrub, which is high in caffeine but rather bitter巴拉圭茶。
1.1
- the leaves of this shrub巴拉圭茶叶。
2
- the South American shrub of the holly family which produces these leaves巴拉圭冬青树。
2.1
- Ilex paraguariensis, family Aquifoliaceae.拉丁名Ilex paraguariensis, 冬青科。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.