English Explanatory Dictionary

pouchong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A superior kind of souchong tea.

Word forms

pouchong pouchongs

Etymology

Possibly from either Hokkien 包種茶 /包种茶 (pau-chióng-tê, literally “tea of the wrapped kind”) or Cantonese 包種 /包种 (baau¹ zung², literally “the wrapped kind”).

Related words

souchong lapsang souchong oolong
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary