hyson

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hyson \Hy"son\, n. [Chin. hi-tshun, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.] A fragrant kind of green tea. [1913 Webster]

Hyson skin, the light and inferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine. --M`Culloch. [1913 Webster]

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