teakettle

An ordinary piece of stove-furniture for boiling water for making tea, . Tea -kettle broth: Bread cut in small dice and soaked in hot water, to which butter, pepper and salt are added. tea-lead, subst. Thin sheet-lead used to line the chests in which tea is sent over from China. tea-oil, s. 1. An excellent table oil expre ed from the seeds of Camellia oleifera , growing in China. 2. The oil of the tea-plant (q. v.). tea-plant, s. Bot. & Hort.: Thea sinensis, or chinensis , from which T. a amica is not distinct. Griffith called it Camellia the if era . It is wild in A am, and po ibly so in China, though the exact locality may be unknown, or the Chinese cultivated plant may have come originally from A am. Formerly Thea virid is and Thea bohea were believed to be two distinct species, now they are regarded as varieties only. T. sinensis , var. virid is , is a large shrub with spreading branches, thin, nearly membranous, broadly lanceolate, light green, wavy leaves, with irregular_serratures, and large, usually solitary, flowers. It was introduced into Europe in 1768. T. sinensis, var. bohea , is a smaller plant, with an erect stem; elliptical, flat, coriaceous, dark green leaves, with small serratures. It is not so hardy as the former variety. T. sinensis , var. a amica , is a shrub with thin gray bark, large leaves, and one to five flowers on a twig. It is cultivated in A am, Darjeeling, Cachar, Chittagong, the Nilgiri hills, Ceylon, . An oil is made in India from the seeds. It is not suitable for food or for lights, but can be used in the manufacture of soap.