Macho lime variety of tea (9)

I believe the answer is:

chamomile

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'tea' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'macho lime variety' is the wordplay.
'variety' is an anagram indicator.
'macho'+'lime'='macholime'
'macholime' is an anagram of 'CHAMOMILE'.

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for chamomile that I've seen is " Aromatic plant of the daisy family".)

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