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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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