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Hyʹson

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One of the varieties of green tea. “Ainsi nommé dʹun mot chinois qui veut dire printemps, parce que cʹest au commencement de cette saison quʹon le cueille.” (M. N. Bouillet.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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