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pe·koe

 (pē′kō)
n.
A grade of black tea consisting of the leaves around the buds.

[Amoy pe'h hô (literally, white down, probably in reference to the whitish hairs on the young leaves ) : pe'h, white (akin to Mandarin bái, from Middle Chinese pɦa⋮jk) + , fine hair, down (akin to Mandarin háo, long fine hair, from Middle Chinese xɦaw).]
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pekoe

(ˈpiːkəʊ)
n
(Plants) a high-quality tea made from the downy tips of the young buds of the tea plant
[C18: from Chinese (Amoy) peh ho, from peh white + ho down]
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pe•koe

(ˈpi koʊ)

n.
a black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
[1705–15; < dial. Chinese (Xiamen) pek-ho, akin to Chinese báu white + hòu empress]
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Noun1.pekoe - a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java
black tea - fermented tea leaves
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