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cha
CIDE DICTIONARY
cha, n. [Chin. ch.].
Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia.
"A pot with hot water . . . made with the powder of a certain herb called chaa, which is much esteemed."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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