ptisan
ptisan definition
ptisan (tiz′ən, ti zan′)
noun
- a drink made by boiling down barley with water and other ingredients; barley water
- any similar decoction, as of herbs
Etymology: ME tysane < MFr tisane < VL tisana, for L ptisana, barley groats, drink made from barley groats < Gr ptisanē, peeled barley < ptissein, to peel < IE base *pis-, to crush > L pinsere, to beat, crush
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