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maté (mä′tā′, ma′-)

noun

  1. a beverage made from the dried leaves of a South American evergreen tree (Ilex paraguariensis) of the holly family
  2. this tree
  3. the dried leaves of this tree

Etymology: AmSp mate < Quechua mati, calabash: in allusion to the gourd in which it is steeped

Browse dictionary entries near maté

  1. ‹ mat
  2. ‹ masurium
  3. ‹ Masuria
  4. ‹ masturbate
  5. ‹ mastoiditis
  6. ‹ mastoidectomy
  7. ‹ mastoid
  8. ‹ mastodon
  9. ‹ masto-
  10. ‹ mastitis
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