bohea

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bo=hea

CIDE DICTIONARY

bohea, n. [From Wu-i, pronounced by the Chinese bu-i, the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown.].

 Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.  [1913 Webster]
" The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bohea, n. a black China tea, the last crop of the season and usu. regarded as of low quality.

Etymology

Bu-i (Wuyi) Hills in China