oolong

oo·long  (lông, -lng)

n.

A dark Chinese tea that has been partially fermented before drying.

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[Chinese (Mandarin) wlóng(chá), black dragon (tea) : w, dark, black + lóng, dragon.]

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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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Noun

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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"