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

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Example Sentences

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hyson

By fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to waterfalls, One aspect to the desert and the lake.

From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our green teas are the twankay, hyson-skin, and hyson, imperial, and gunpowder; the first of which French travellers write tonkay, hayswin-skine, and hayswin.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The third who comes the hyson to inhale, If not a man, at least appears a male.

From The Little Tea Book by George Washington Hood

The best black teas in general use are pekoe and pouchong; the best green teas are imperial, young hyson, and gunpowder.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie

Cold Winter is coming—-ye delicate fair, Take care when your hyson you sip;— Drink it quick, and don't talk, lest he come unaware, And turn it to ice on your lip.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 by Various

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