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oolong
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oo·long  (lông, -lng)
n.
A dark Chinese tea that has been partially fermented before drying.
[Chinese (Mandarin) wlóng(chá), black dragon (tea) : w, dark, black + lóng, dragon.]
oolong [ˈuːˌlɒŋ]
n
a kind of dark tea, grown in China, that is partly fermented before being dried
[from Chinese wu lung, from wu black + lung dragon]
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Noun1.oolong - Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried
tea leaf, tea - dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"
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