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souchong

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sou⋅chong

[soo-shong, -chong]
–noun
a variety of black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka.
Also, soochong.


Origin:
1750–60; < Chin dial. (Guangdong) síu-júng, akin to Chin xiǎozhǒng lit., small sort
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sou·chong also soo·chong   (sōō'chŏng', -shŏng')   
n.  Any of several varieties of black tea native to China and adjacent regions.

[Chinese (Cantonese) siú-chúng (ch'ā), souchong (tea), equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) xio, small + zhǒng, kind.]
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