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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Congou \Con"gou\, Congo \Con"go\, n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.]
Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than
the present bohea. Also called {English breakfast tea}. See
{Tea}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the
"well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea
of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the
term "English breakfast tea." --S. W.
Williams.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Congo
n 1: a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from
Belgium in 1960 [syn: {Democratic Republic of the Congo},
{Zaire}, {Belgian Congo}]
2: a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows
through Congo into the South Atlantic [syn: {Congo River}]
3: a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence
from France in 1960 [syn: {Republic of the Congo}, {French
Congo}]
4: black tea grown in China [syn: {congou}, {congou tea}, {English
breakfast tea}]
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