oolong

[ oo-lawng, -long ]

noun
  1. a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.

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Origin of oolong

1
First recorded in 1850–55, oolong is from the Chinese word wúlóng literally, black dragon, or < a cognate dial. form

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How to use oolong in a sentence

  • I've been lottin' all the way on a cup o' that best tea o' yourn,—some o' that oolong you keep in the little chist.

  • oolong, from the island of Formosa, has the appearance of a black tea, with the flavor of a green.

  • But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.

    The Innocents | Sinclair Lewis
  • All this happened within two hours from the time I erected the lop-eared, knocked-kneed and club-footed oolong in my household.

    Remarks | Bill Nye
  • I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong.

    Right Ho, Jeeves | P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for oolong

oolong

/ (ˈuːˌlɒŋ) /


noun
  1. a kind of dark tea, grown in China, that is partly fermented before being dried

Origin of oolong

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C19: from Chinese wu lung, from wu black + lung dragon

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