orange pekoe
noun
a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
any India or Ceylon tea of good quality.
Origin of orange pekoe
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby orange pekoe
orange iii,
orange lily,
orange milkweed,
orange mountains,
orange peel,
orange pekoe,
orange roughy,
orange rust,
orange stick,
orange-peel fungus,
orange-tip
British Dictionary definitions for orange pekoe
orange pekoe
noun
a superior grade of black tea made from the small leaves at the tips of the plant stems and growing in India and Sri Lanka