hysonn.
/ˈhʌɪsən/ A species of green tea from China. Cf. young hyson at young adj. 6f.
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1740 R. Graves Euphrosyne (1776) I. 123 Nor Hyson yet, nor Gallic wines were known.
1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 34 He will also buy you..good hyson tea for about 17 livres a pound.
1780 R. B. Sheridan Camp i. i I'll give you a pound of smuggled hyson.
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 379 There are three kinds of green tea..one called hyson, hayssuen, is composed of leaves..carefully picked.
1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 77 Schulong tea is the hyson aromatised with the leaves of the olea fragrans (fragrant olive).
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