Unscramble

p 3 e 1 k 5 o 1 e 1

5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble

Meaning

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

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