pekoe

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The second leaves make the tea called "orange pekoe," while the third leaves produce a grade of tea called simply "pekoe."

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  1. noun A grade of black tea consisting of the leaves around the buds.

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  • Lai Kwan on the road to large sections of Jun Machang, Podou radical bent, prone to traffic accidents, should slow down. recommended food: Bose bamboo rice, cement bag roast chicken, pekoe tea, and so on. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Terms such as orange pekoe and souchong don't refer to different kinds of tea, but to the size and appearance of the leaves that are used to make that tea.
  • Orange pekoe, for instance, is made from the buds and the finest leaves of the tea plant.
  • OP orange pekoe, ED Komine Lisa. trailer. subs: Frostii, gg?. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • I had always been under the impression that the name "pekoe" referred to a certain type of tea, but he told me that the word is Chinese for "eyelash," and came to be used because the tip leaves of tea bushes, when rolled and dried, resemble eyelashes. —  American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
 

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  1. Chinese (Amoy) pek ho : pek, white + ho, down, fine feathers.

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  1. Also peckoe, pecco; from Chinese (in Cantonese pronunciation) pak-hao, from pek, white, + hao, hair, down.
 

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/ˈpikoʊ/
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