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Bo⋅hea

  [boh-hee]
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–noun
an inferior grade of black tea.
Origin:
1695–1705; < dial. Chin (Fujian) Bu-i, mountains on the border of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, where the tea is grown
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bo·hea   (bō-hē')   
n.  A black Chinese tea, originally the choicest grade but later an inferior variety.

[After the Fujian pronunciation of Chinese (Mandarin) wǔ yí (shān), the Wuyi mountain range on the border of Jiangxi and Fujian provinces.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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