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Webster 1913 Edition


Hyson

Hy′son

,
Noun.
[Chin.
hi-tshun
, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.]
A fragrant kind of green tea.
Hyson skin
,
the light and inferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine.
M‘Culloch.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hyson

HY'SON

,
Noun.
A species of green tea from China.

Definition 2024


hyson

hyson

English

Noun

hyson (countable and uncountable, plural hysons)

  1. A Chinese green tea.

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