5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java
originUnclear; possibly from Hokkien 白毫 (pe̍h-ho, “white hair”) or Hokkien 白花 (pe̍h-hoe, “white flower”). See Tea leaf grading#Etymology. Compare to Russian ба́йховый (bájxovyj).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0