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oolong
[ oo-lawng, -long ]
noun
- a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.
oolong
/ ˈuːˌlɒŋ /
noun
- a kind of dark tea, grown in China, that is partly fermented before being dried
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oolong1
First recorded in 1850–55, oolong is from the Chinese word wúlóng literally, black dragon, or < a cognate dial. form
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oolong1
C19: from Chinese wu lung, from wu black + lung dragon
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Example Sentences
I've been lottin' all the way on a cup o' that best tea o' yourn,—some o' that Oolong you keep in the little chist.
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Oolong, from the island of Formosa, has the appearance of a black tea, with the flavor of a green.
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But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.
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All this happened within two hours from the time I erected the lop-eared, knocked-kneed and club-footed Oolong in my household.
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I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong.
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