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pekoe
pe·koe P0154400 (pē′kō)n. A grade of black tea consisting of the leaves around the buds.
[Amoy pe'h hô (literally, white down, probably in reference to the whitish hairs on the young leaves ) : pe'h, white (akin to Mandarin bái, from Middle Chinese pɦa⋮jk) + hô, fine hair, down (akin to Mandarin háo, long fine hair, from Middle Chinese xɦaw).]pekoe (ˈpiːkəʊ) n (Plants) a high-quality tea made from the downy tips of the young buds of the tea plant[C18: from Chinese (Amoy) peh ho, from peh white + ho down]pe•koe (ˈpi koʊ)
n. a black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe. [1705–15; < dial. Chinese (Xiamen) pek-ho, akin to Chinese báu white + hòu empress] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pekoe - a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Javaorange pekoeblack tea - fermented tea leaves |
pekoe
Related to pekoe: orange pekoe, Orange Pekoe teaSynonyms for pekoenoun a superior grade of black teaSynonymsRelated Words |