NOUN: "a widely cultivated shrub...native to China, northern India, and southeastern Asia" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a widely cultivated shrub...native to China, northern India, and southeastern Asia" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
2. dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SOUTHEASTERN (adjective)
1. situated in or oriented toward the southeast
2. of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina
NORTHERN (adjective)
1. situated in or oriented toward the north
2. coming from the north; used especially of wind
NORTHERN (noun)
1. a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans

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Across

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6. VERB: "to close or open with or as if with a [certain device]"

9. VERB: "to regard with loving admiration and devotion"

10. Quick tennis point

11. NOUN: "any of various small shorebirds"

13. NOUN: "a 4-sided enclosure especially when surrounded by buildings"

14. PRONOUN: "the one or ones being addressed "

16. VERB: "compare"

20. Not great for farming

22. VERB: "to grant or bestow by formal action"

23. TRADEMARK: "used for a polyester film"

26. NOUN: "needless bustle or excitement"

28. NOUN: "a shouted word, phrase, or sound used by a body of fighters"

33. Latin for "I love"

34. Prefix with centric

35. ABBREVIATION: "[speed for an LP]"

36. Authority

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1. "___ in 'Charlie'" (phrase used when spelling something out over the phone)

2. Abbr. on tubes of toothpaste

3. NOUN: "a Mediterranean daffodil...that is widely cultivated for its yellow or white fragrant short-tubed clustered flowers"

4. NOUN: "an Indo-Aryan language that has the same colloquial basis as standard Hindi, is an official language of Pakistan, and is widely used by Muslims in urban areas of India"

5. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "landlocked country in Asia on the northeast border of India in the Himalayas"

6. Video game sound

7. NOUN: "frozen water"

8. PREPOSITION: "according to"

12. "Sounds radically awesome to me, brah"

14. November tuber

15. NOUN SUFFIX: "place of or for"

17. ADJECTIVE: "appealing to popular or lowbrow taste"

18. NOUN: "the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel"

19. Teachers org.

21. ADJECTIVE: "silly; foolish"

24. Is amazing

27. ___ date (start to plan one's wedding, say)

28. Candy shape, often

29. Guitar loudener

30. Cruise around Hollywood

31. Many hosp. employees

32. ___-hoo!

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