PEKOE


Meaning of PEKOE in English

/pee"koh/ , n.

a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.

[ 1705-15; pek-ho, akin to Chin báu white + hòu empress ]

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