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Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.
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- n. Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.
- n. black tea grown in China
- Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea. Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.
- n. a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 n. a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic n. a republic in central">west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960