black tea
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black tea
n.
A dark tea prepared from fresh tea leaves that have been oxidized before being dried.
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black′ tea′
n.
tea allowed to wither and ferment before being heated and dried.
[1780–90]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" Darjeeling - a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India orange pekoe, pekoe - a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java |
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