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Meaning of HYSON

Pronunciation:  'hIsun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves
 
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 See Also: green tea

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hy"son\, n. [Chin. hi-tshun, lit., first crop, or
blooming spring.]
A fragrant kind of green tea.
{Hyson skin}, the light and inferior leaves separated from
   the hyson by a winnowing machine. --M`Culloch.
 

 

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