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singlo|ˈsɪŋləʊ|
Also 9 sunglo.
[See def.]
A kind of green China tea, orig. obtained from the Sung-lo range of hills in the southern part of the province of Gan-hwuy (or Anhui). Also singlo tea.
The form single, occurring in the 18th cent., is prob. a mere error of printing or transcribing.
1699J. Ovington Ess. Tea 11 The second sort is Singlo, or Soumlo with the Chinese. 1701Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1206 The Bing Tea is the second growth in April: and Singlo the last in May and June. 1760Ann. Reg. 132 The East-India ships..have brought..1,533,200 [lb.] of singlo. 1832Veg. Subst. Food of Man 379 The kind of green tea..most abundant is called Singlo,..the name of a mountain on which it grows. 1852Fortune Tea Countrys China 86 Travellers who seek Sunglo tea may now search in vain, that which is sold in the markets is a mere counterfeit. |