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pekoe

Noun

pe=koe

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pekoe(n = noun.food) orange pekoe - a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java; Array

is a kind of black tea

pekoe, n. [Chin. pih-hoau: cf. F. pekoë].

A kind of black tea. [1913 Webster]

pekoe, n. a superior kind of black tea.

Etymology

Chin. dial. pek- ho f. pek white + ho down, leaves being picked young with down on them

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