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

There is trouble for you—ye silken, perfumed throng, who nibble cheese-straws, test the hyson when it is red, and discuss the heartrending aspects of the servant-girl problem to the lascivious pleasings of a lute!

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard

Still, I'll engage I am tory enough yet to like the smell of hyson.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy

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

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 P. L. Simmonds

Among black teas are bohea, congou, souchong, and pekoe; among green, hyson, imperial, and gunpowder.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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