: maté

Examples of yerba maté in a Sentence

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That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate. Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024 Mate is made from the leaves of the yerba mate plant, a type of holly native to South America. Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish yerba mate, from yerba herb + mate maté

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yerba maté was in 1839

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Cite this Entry

“Yerba maté.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yerba%20mat%C3%A9. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

yerba maté

noun
: maté

Medical Definition

yerba maté

noun
yer·​ba ma·​té
ˌyer-bə-ˈmä-ˌtā, ˌyər-
: maté
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