oolong
[ oo-lawng, -long ]
/ ˈuˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /
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noun
a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.
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Origin of oolong
First recorded in 1850–55, oolong is from the Chinese word wúlóng literally, black dragon, or < a cognate dial. form
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oolong
/ (ˈuːˌlɒŋ) /
noun
a kind of dark tea, grown in China, that is partly fermented before being dried
Word Origin for oolong
C19: from Chinese wu lung, from wu black + lung dragon
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Word Origin and History for oolong
oolong
dark variety of Chinese tea, 1852, from Chinese wu-lung, literally "black dragon."
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