hyson

American  

[hahy-suhn] / ˈhaɪ sən /

noun

1. a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop young hyson.

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hyson British  

/ ˈhaɪsən /

noun

1. a Chinese green tea, the early crop of which is known as young hyson and the inferior leaves as hyson skin

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Etymology

Origin of hyson

1730–40; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) héichēun, akin to Chinese xīchūn (blooming) spring

Example Sentences

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hyson

Tea, owing to the China war, rose from 5l. to 15l. per half-pecul chest of hyson skin.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.

Pure religion iz like good old hyson tea, it cheers, but don’t intoxikate.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

John sent the tea from o'er the sea, with heavy duties rated; But whether hyson or bohea, I never heard it stated.

From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers

Come, Wilhelmina, give us a cup of your fragrant hyson, of which we have luckily abundance, tax or no tax.

From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore

Souchong, flowery pekoe, hyson,young hyson, gunpowder, imperial,and other teas not enumerated 3 0 per lb.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.