ceremonial tea
noun
a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
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Nearby words
- cerebrum,
- cerecloth,
- ceredigion,
- cerement,
- ceremonial,
- ceremonious,
- ceremoniously,
- ceremony,
- cerenkov,
- cerenkov effect
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