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pe⋅koe

  [pee-koh]
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–noun
a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
Origin:
1705–15; < dial. Chin (Xiamen) pek-ho, akin to Chin báu white + hòu empress
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pe·koe   (pē'kō)   
n.  A grade of black tea consisting of the leaves around the buds.

[Chinese (Amoy) pek ho : pek, white + ho, down, fine feathers.]
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