thea
thea — 名詞
1. a scientific name once given to a group of plants whose leaves are harvested for
茶屬
茶樹的舊屬名
a scientific name once given to a group of plants whose leaves are harvested for tea, now classified under the Camellia genus
Brooke found thea listed as a separate genus in her grandfather's old botany book.
Brooke 在祖父的舊植物學書中發現 thea 被列為一個獨立的屬。
past tense referring to historical classification
Andrés explained that thea species were moved into the Camellia group decades ago.
Andrés 解釋說，thea 的物種早在幾十年前就被歸入山茶屬。
passive: moved into [genus]
The university herbarium still labels some dried tea specimens under the name thea.
大學標本館仍把一些乾燥茶葉標本標記為 thea。
When writing her report, Sari discovered that thea was once its own plant family.
Sari 在寫報告時發現，thea 曾經被視為獨立的植物科。
Older gardening guides may list thea as a separate entry from camellia shrubs.
較舊的園藝指南可能將 thea 與山茶花 shrub 分開條列。
- Camellia
the modern genus that now includes all former Thea species; used in current botanical classification
- tea plant
the common commercial name for Camellia sinensis, once classified under Thea
- Camellia sinensis
the precise scientific species name for the tea plant; replaces the older Thea designation
文法句型
the + genus Thea
Thea + species
用法筆記
Encountered mainly in historical botanical texts and pre-1950s plant guides. Modern databases use Camellia for all species that were once called Thea, so this term is no longer current in active taxonomy.