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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fine variety of black tea grown in Qimen County in Anhui Province, China.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Keemun, older transliteration of Mandarin Qímén , name of the county in Anhui where it is grown.]

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