ptisan
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ptis·an
(tĭz′ən, tĭ-zăn′)n.
A medicinal infusion, such as sweetened barley water.
[Middle English tisane, peeled barley, barley water, from Old French, from Latin ptisana, tisana, from Greek ptisanē, from ptissein, to crush.]
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ptisan
(tɪˈzæn)n
1. (Brewing) grape juice drained off without pressure
2. (Cookery) a variant spelling of tisane
[C14: from Old French tisane, from Latin ptisana, from Greek ptisanē barley groats]
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