maté
maté definition
maté (mä′tā′, ma′-)
noun
- a beverage made from the dried leaves of a South American evergreen tree (Ilex paraguariensis) of the holly family
- this tree
- the dried leaves of this tree
Etymology: AmSp mate < Quechua mati, calabash: in allusion to the gourd in which it is steeped
Also written mate
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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