Ceylon tea

noun

1

: a pekoe tea produced in Sri Lanka

2

: an evergreen tree (Cassine glauca synonym Elaeodendron glaucum) of India with shiny dark green leaves coated with a powdery wax below and yellowish green flowers

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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