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lephet

lephet is the alternative form of lahpet.

Meaning of lahpet

Noun

lahpet (uncountable)

  1. A dish, popular in Burma, consisting of pickled or fermented tea leaves (encountered in the West especially as tea leaf salad).
    • [How long the tea] leaves stay underground is largely determined by the price the leaves would sell for; in other words, a laphet producer waits until the price is favorable enough to justify the effort of emptying out the pit all at once. According to locals, the best quality laphet is made in the...2005, Fresh Cup: The Voice of the Specialty Coffee Industry, volume 14, page 45

Questions about lephet

What is lephet the alternative form of?
Lephet is the alternative form of lahpet.

Words near lephet in the dictionary

  1. lepetodrilid
  2. lepetodrilids
  3. lepetodrillid
  4. lepetopsid
  5. lepetopsids
  6. lephet
  7. lepicerid
  8. lepicerids
  9. lepid
  10. lepidic
  11. lepidicrocite

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