2 definitions found 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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