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con·gou
(kŏng′gō, -go͞o)n.
A grade of Chinese black tea, obtained from the fifth and largest leaf gathered from a shoot tip of a tea plant.
[Amoy (Xiamen) kang hu (te), elaborately prepared (tea), corresponding to Mandarin gōngfu (chá), from gōngfu, worksmanship; see kung fu.]
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congou
(ˈkɒŋɡuː) orcongo
n
(Cookery) a kind of black tea from China
[C18: from Chinese (Amoy) kong hu tē tea prepared with care]
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con•gou
(ˈkɒŋ gu)n.
a black tea from China.
[1715–25; < dial. Chinese (Xiamen), = Chinese gōngfū(-chá) literally, effort (tea)]
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Noun | 1. | congou - black tea grown in China black tea - fermented tea leaves |
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