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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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

☞ The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general.

Noun.

A species of coarse or low priced tea from China; a species of black tea.

bohea ‎(countable and uncountable, plural boheas)

A black tea from China. Originally referred to a high quality tea, now refers to a lower-grade tea.