oolong
[oo-lawng, -long]
- 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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They're just bein' served with Oolong and caviar sandwiches.
Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
Then he drank about two-thirds of a cup of beef-tea, and some Oolong tea.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-CureEdward Hooker Dewey
Oolong was two hundred and fifty miles from the nearest land.
South Sea TalesJack London
Oolong Atoll was one hundred and forty miles in circumference.
South Sea TalesJack London
He had made the Solomon Islands, and there told his brothers of what we had done in Oolong.
South Sea TalesJack London
oolong
- a kind of dark tea, grown in China, that is partly fermented before being dried
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Word Origin
C19: from Chinese wu lung, from wu black + lung dragon
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Word Origin and History for oolong
n.
dark variety of Chinese tea, 1852, from Chinese wu-lung, literally "black dragon."
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