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gyokuro

gyokuro noun: a kind of green tea from Japan, differing from sencha in being grown in the shade.

Noun

gyokuro (uncountable)

  1. A kind of green tea from Japan, differing from sencha in being grown in the shade.
    • The adjacent tea shop will have its own roaster and a counter of copper-topped black stone[…] where guests can choose between rare green varieties such as hojicha and gyokuro.2020 January 2, Thomas Chatterton Williams, “The Best of Japanese Dining and Design, Under One Parisian Roof”, in The New York Times

Origin of gyokuro

Borrowed from Japanese 玉露 (literally “jade dew”).

Questions about gyokuro

What does gyokuro mean?
Gyokuro means a kind of green tea from Japan, differing from sencha in being grown in the shade.
What part of speech is gyokuro?
Gyokuro is a noun.

Words near gyokuro in the dictionary

  1. gynæcophores
  2. gynæcophoric
  3. gynæcophorous
  4. gyoji
  5. gyojis
  6. gyokuro
  7. gyotaku
  8. gyoza
  9. gyozas
  10. gyp
  11. gypboard

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