tea tree

noun

• The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
• The tree Melaleuca alternifolia from which tea tree oil is obtained.
• A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia, Leptospermum scoparium.
• The kanuka, Kunzea ericoides.
• The duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry or matrimony vine.
• The shrub ti, Cordyline fruticosa.