Pu'er

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of pu'er: a kind of tea.
noun
  1. A kind of fermented dark Assam green tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).

Pronunciation

/ˈpʊəɹ/ /ˈpu.əɹ/ po͞o′ĕr′

Word forms

Pu'er Puer P'u-erh P'u-êrh Puerh Pu-erh

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr). As the tea, shortened from Pu'er tea.

Synonyms

Related words

tea
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